A very basic guide to using PowerPoint

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A very basic guide to using PowerPoint

• Produced
• by
• Tony Kerr
• With the help from his friends and a bit of
  experience

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Basic text

• Keep the background colour plain
• Do not use graded or textured backgrounds (
  stay away from Wizard ! )
• A good background colour, for contrast
  clarity and reduced eye strain is deep blue

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• Font size
• At least 24 point bold for body text
• 36 point for headings or captions
• A recommended serif type face is
• Times New Roman
• White or yellow letters show up well against a
  deep blue background

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• You can have main text in white and use yellow to
  emphasise a word or phrase
• Italic can have the same effect
• So can slide transitions but dont make your
  audience dizzy !

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• Have one idea or theme on the screen at any one
  time
• Use seven words to a line and seven lines on
  the screen
• Use minimum line thickness of 1 mm

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Some points to ponder

• Non-verbal communication
• ( Your body language)
• Can your audience hear and see you clearly
• Try not to walk in front of the screen please
• You have had spell check on havn't you ?
• Last but certainly not least
• Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse, its the secret
  to a good presentation ( you do know what is
  going to happen when you click the mouse button
  dont you ?)

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Bar graphs are more effective that tables of
numbers

• If information is figures or percentages remember
  bar chart or.

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Pie charts are great for percentages

• .pie charts are much more effective.

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• Please be aware that when designing a PowerPoint
  presentation using a PC the result can look a lot
  different when projected

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• We seriously do
• recommend a rehearsal
• At least get to know what happens when you click
  the mouse button

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• It is a wise move before committing yourself to
  your first public PowerPoint Presentation to..

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• To go and see your Local AV Technicians.
• Our Help Desk is
• Harrington Building
• Room 303
• Ext 2740

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