PowerPoint for Beginners

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PowerPoint for Beginners

• Staff Training Development
• Stephen H. Spohn, Jr.
• sspohnjr_at_wam.umd.edu

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Agenda

• Why use PowerPoint?
• Content vs. design
• Font and color
• ClipArt déjà vu
• Practice makes perfect!

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Why Use PowerPoint?

• Capture your presentationmajor concepts,
  organization, charts, graphs and more all in one
  place!
• Share your presentation with others on the Web or
  in easy PowerPoint handouts.

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Content vs. design

• Write your presentation in outline view.
• Play with graphics, colors and fonts in slide
  view.

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Font and color

• Two or three fonts are plenty.
• Pick three or four colors that look nice
  together.
• Use high contrast colors for background and text.
• Dont forget about red/green color-blindness.

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ClipArt déjà vu

• Be a ClipArt minimalist.
• Your audience has seen them all.
• Be creative make your own!

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Practice makes perfect!

• Practice where you preach so you can fix problems
  before you present.
• Rehearse your timings.
• Show it to a friend before you make your debut.