Design%20Tips%20for%20PowerPoint

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Design Tips for PowerPoint

• Visual, not written
• Backgrounds color schemes
• Best fonts
• Bullets 6 is the max
• Words on a slide 25 or less
• Summary of dos and donts
• Content and layout adapted from Professor Keri
  Stephens

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PowerPoint is morevisual than written
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Use high contrast colors
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Why high-contrast?

• Your PC screen is hi-resolution
• everything looks great
• dont trust it!
• big displays wash out colors
• always TEST slides on final equipment
• alter templates defaults as needed

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See for yourself

• Which line is easier to read?
• Which line is easier to read?

Which line is easier to read? Which line is
easier to read?
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Pick a clear font

• Sans serif good
• Arial
• Arial Black
• Futura
• Tahoma
• New York

• Serif bad
• Times New Roman
• Modern
• Courier

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Dont waste bullets

• Dont
• use
• more
• than
• 6
• in a list!

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Observe the limit

• 25

words per slide,max!
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You do not want a slide to look like this

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You do want a slide to look like this

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Avoid these

• Weird sound effects
• Too many transitions (some, OK)
• Flying text
• Annoying animations
• Bad clip-art

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Please DO

• Use readable colors fonts
• Use brief phrases
• Use short lists
• Create clear graphs charts
• Include a Q A (question answer) slide at
  the end

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Please do NOT

• Use complete sentences or paragraphs
• Try to do too much on one slide
• Read your presentation to the audience
• Use too many transitions or animations

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Any questions?

• Thank you for your attention!