Introduction to Power Point Design Tips (last modified 2008)

Contents Fonts Type size color Images Colors / Size Problems n Sounds u Size u Bells n Videos u Size u Colors n Other Tips

Font Size 12 pt abcABC pt abcABC pt abcABC pt abcABC pt abcABC pt abcABC pt abcABC pt abcABC123

Font Types Use sans serif fonts such as Arial Do not mix fonts. This is 24 pt, Arial abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Times New Roman abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Courier New abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Goudy Handtooled abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Brush Script abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Franklin Gothic abcABC123

Font Colors Use high color contrast TEXT FIELDS IN UPPERCASE CAUSE EYE STRAIN RED AND BLUE IS HARD ON THE RETINA! This Text field is too flashy Italics are harder to read than straight fonts

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Image Color and Size 256 colors Enlarging bitmaps does not increase resolution. Slides with too many “cute” pictures are distracting. Images with widely different palettes may flash (True in past with Bitmaps, no longer a problem.)

Image Color Problems Posterizing Clashing Palette

Background Problems

Sounds Use short clips (less than 10 seconds) Avoid repetitive sound effects, specially during transitions. Repetitive transition effects can also be distracting Tip. To edit clips, use Right-Mouse-Click

Video Video files can get to be very large Install the QuickTime driver on PC’s. Click on the pause button to get the time bar to stay. Right-Mouse-Click to edit clip.

Other Tips î PowerPoint supports Cut and Paste î Do not over-pace presentations î Avoid crowded slides î Too many bullets can be deadly

Electrons as "Matter Waves" 1) Based on deBroglie's ideas, Werner Heizenberg & Irwin Schrodinger independently developed mathematical models that formulated the laws that govern matter. 2) Schrodinger modified equations already developed to describe the behavior of electromagnetic waves and applied them to the behavior of the electron in hydrogen. 3) Schrodinger's results were in excellent agreement with experimental observations. However, his solutions require the existence of three quantum numbers. By contrast, Bohr's model could not explain the existence of any quantum numbers. Too many words

Summary * Use large Sans Serif Fonts * Use high contrast text fields * Use clear images. * Do not overuse embellisments. * Avoid overcrowded slides * Beware of information overload.

End Contributors: Dr. Charles Ward Dr. James Reeves Dr. Russ Herman Dr. Gabriel Lugo Dr. Ron Vetter