PowerPoint Publishing Make Your PowerPoint Like the Pros. By Julie Phelps eMINTS Cluster Instructional Specialist-SW

PowerPoint presentations are similar to books. They are both created by authors of all ages. They go through a process to be created. They both help communicate an idea. They are both forms of published work.

Published presentations should be… appealing to look at, readable and easy to see, created for a certain audience, a final copy without mistakes, presented in your best speaking voice with good eye contact.

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aper plan before PowerPoint Putting your information on paper first will save you time. Lots of time can be wasted choosing different fonts,backgrounds, templates, animations, sounds, colors, shapes, word art, clip art, and transitions. Keep it simple.

nformation before animation The most important part of your presentation is your information. Put the information in your PowerPoint first. Animation is last.

onsistent colors that coordinate When colors don’t match the page is ugly and difficult to read.

ext in one or two simple fonts Underlined Italics Big Colored Bold Little Too much variety makes reading difficult. shadow

se basic backgrounds. Distracting backgrounds make the page difficult to read. This black text doesn’t show up well on the dark background. The colors in the background do not match the border on the left. This is an ugly page. It does not look like it was created by a professional. What color is the background on the pages of most books?

emember to use your own words. Choose the most important information. Don’t copy and paste other peoples’ words.

asy on the clip art. Too much clip art also distracts from your information.

ounds should supplement. Too many different sounds in your animation and transitions can be distracting. There are many neat sounds in PowerPoint, but the sounds should supplement or add to your presentation. Choose one sound, and stick with it. Sound should be consistent like your colors, fonts, and animation.

When you create a PowerPoint keep the word “Pictures” in mind.

PowerPoint Tips Review aper plan before PowerPoint nformation before animation onsistent colors that coordinate ext in one or two simple fonts se basic backgrounds. emember to use your own words. asy on the clip art ounds should supplement.

Credits Be sure to give credit to the places that you found information or graphics which you used in your PowerPoint.  Title page graphic adapted from  Other graphics from Microsoft Clipart Gallery  Cartoon on slide 10 - While the copyright for this cartoon by Jerry King belongs to From Now On, readers may distribute and republish provided they reproduce the credit with a link to Jerry's Web site and to From Now On Web siteFrom Now On

About this PowerPoint This presentation was created for eMINTS cluster instructional specialists to use during a class visit after students have experienced creating at least one PowerPoint and have explored the program. eMINTS CIS and educators have permission to use this PowerPoint, but may not change it without permission from the author.the author Permission is granted to print copies of the “Pictures” page (PowerPoint Tips) for student use.