Business Keyboarding Sanford Middle School

Brainstorm Start by brainstorming  What’s the purpose? –Who’s the audience?

Backgrounds  Use a background that fits your purpose and is easy for the audience to view.

Backgrounds  Use the same background throughout  Different backgrounds disrupt the flow

Backgrounds  Avoid Red or Brown  Hard to read the words

Fonts  Easy to read fonts  Arial  Comic Sans  Avoid hard to read fonts  Scripts  Haettenschweiler  Font size should be 18+  Small fonts are hard to read (14 point)  Titles may be fancy

Text  Limit italics and ALL CAPS  Use shades of yellow or white on a dark background  Spell check!  Typos and misspelled words can distract

Rule of Six  Avoid too much information  Six lines per slide  Six words per line  Can be flexible  Avoid complete sentences unless doing a story

Graphics  Choose appropriate graphics for task  Keeps the audience’s attention

Graphics  A slideshow with no graphics at all can be very boring…. but

Graphics  Don’t overcrowd the page with graphics  Too distracting

Animation  Use some animation  Adds interest  Don’t over animate  Avoid too many sounds  Avoid different effects on each slide

Animation  People quickly get tired of too much!

Transition  Adds interest  Changing slides  May be same throughout  May change with each slide

Presentation  Type of presentation  Oral  Written

Oral Presentation  Don’t read the slides word for word…very boring!  Slides should be an outline  Add extra details as you present

Oral Presentation  Make yourself a copy of the presentation  Face your audience – not the screen  Make eye contact  PRACTICE!

Written Presentation  Timing your slideshow (too much vs. too little)  Looping your slideshow

Good Luck!!!