Customizing a Presentation and Creating a Slide Show

A collection of slides used to enhance an informative speech

Know your audience - don’t present information that the audience already knows

Use Restraint- overuse colors or decorations

Be accurate and ethical - double check your information, figures and sources

Choose appropriate graphics and styles – use appropriate accents to your presentation

Use outline Formats – They are easier to follow, don’t write paragraphs

Use bullets - Bullets imply no significant order

Use numbers - To show rank or sequence Use Restraint - No more than one topic

per slide

6 lines of text per slide6 words per lineAllow plenty of room around borders and illustrations

*This is 40 Point*

Minimum 36 point for titles

24 for body text

12 Point Font is Too Small for a presentation

Use Sans serif (no curly feet) such as Arial or body text

Serif text is difficult to read in a presentation

Use serif such as Roman for titles only

Make Titles larger type size than body elements

Emphasize important statements or words with bold, italic, larger size or different font.

Use the same color consistently throughout the presentation

Use light letters on dark backgrounds

Patterns on bars or pie slices cause confusion

Solid colors convey a clear bold message

Darker vs. lighter?Home tabLayoutLook at the options

It’s Easy!Click the design tabColorsChange the color scheme of your slides

Click the design tabChange your themeColorsFonts

Animations Tab, Custom Animations

Swivels, Spirals, FlyChange the view!Change the speed!◦Animations Tab◦Transition Speed

Do not read your slides to the audience

Do not overuse PowerPointToo many slides become pointless!

Determine the main purpose of the presentation

Determine the output Show one idea per slide Maintain consistent layout Keep slides easy to read and uncluttered Know your audience