ATS Electronic Presentation Guide (Adapted from International Test Conference Slide Guide) 2011 Asian Test Symposium

About this Presentation View this presentation first as a slide show Confidentiality not guaranteed

Purpose Document mandatory standards and recommended guidelines for electronic slide presentation Provide electronic template –The file you are reading has settings, colors and fonts that conform to ATS guidelines –You may edit this file and replace our slides with your presentation

Outline Standards vs Guidelines Technical specs for electronic slides Milestones and schedule Good and bad examples

Standards and Guidelines Standard: mandatory requirements for ATS presentations –Presentation dropped for failure to follow –Standards are in white italic text Guideline: suggested good practices –It’s your choice: Deviate at your own risk –Guidelines in ordinary yellow text

Projection Computer Pentium PC, 1 GHz or faster 1 Gbyte minimum CPU memory Microsoft Windows 7

Presentation File One file per presentation.ppt format File totally self contained No links to: –Other files –The internet

If You Use Different Versions: Projected with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007.pptx file extension 2003, 2000, ‘95 or ‘97 format OK –but check bullet fonts with PPT 2007 –and check animation with 2007 Mac Office Versions OK, but take precautions

Special Fonts or Symbols Special fonts, symbols, bullets not on projection computer Watch out for: –Wingdings –MS Line Draw –Scientific symbol fonts –Asian language fonts

Style Guidelines slides, including 4 mandatory slides Each slide should have a title 9 lines max on a text slide 7 words max per line In “File->Page Setup…” window specify: –Slides sized for: “On Screen Show” –Slide orientation: Landscape High contrast: Light lettering/lines on a dark background

Style Guidelines (cont) Short phrases, not long sentences Use Arial, or similar sans serif font –This line uses the Helvetica font –The rest of the document uses Arial 36 Point Titles 28 point text

Mandatory Slides Title slide (logo permitted here) Purpose (of your work) slide Outline slide (of your talk, not your paper) Detail slides (ie slides 4-20) go here Conclusion slide

Other General Tips Company (university) logo on title slide only Show only what you will talk about Use single muted color for blank slides –Use to focus attention on speaker

Contrast High contrast very important Use light lines/text on a dark background –Foreground: White, yellow, light cyan –Background: Black, dark blue, dark brown –Caution: Red, orange or blue lettering and lines become unreadable when projected