Computer Presentations with PowerPoint

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Computer Presentations with PowerPoint

• Ed Evans
• April 21, 2007
• tc4htipp_at_purdue.edu

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Fair book Guidelines

• Design a presentation on a topic you enjoy
• Use software such as MS PowerPoint or Kid Pix
  Studio
• Include 6-10 slides
• Animate text and/or graphics (level 2)

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Rules for Good Presentations

• The News at Ten rule
• The rule of 6
• The lower case rule
• The earth-to-sky rule
• The rule for the color challenged

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The News at Ten rule

• Tell the audience what you are going to tell
  them.
• Tell them!
• Tell them what you have told them.

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The Rule of 6

• No more than 6 lines to a slide
• No more than 6 words per line

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The lower case rule

• A mix of upper and lower class letters is easier
  to read.
• UPPER CASE LETTERS BY THEMSELVES ARE MORE
  DIFFICULT TO READ, as you can see.

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The earth-to-sky rule

• Arrange colors from dark to light.
• Dont use more than four colors per slide.
• Be consistent with color choices.

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The rule for the color challenged

• 15 25 of people have difficulty seeing certain
  color combinations
• Avoid certain color combinations
• red/green
• brown/green
• blue/black
• blue/purple

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Steps in Creating Presentations

• Creating a New Presentation
• Adding Text
• Save the File with Fonts Embedded
• Design Templates Formatting
• Customizing the Presentation
• Word Art
• Graphics/Images
• Fonts/Colors
• Custom Animations