Name of Your Program Office Title of Your Presentation Presentation Date

2 U.S. Department of Transportation ITS Joint Program Office Image Source: Thinkstock/USDOT Text Slides Look Like This  Major point with square bullet and 16 pt text; no bold or initial caps anywhere but in the title: □ Elaboration text with initial cap and lower case in 16 pt □ Major Point with Square Bullet and Initial Caps 16 pt ▪Third level –Fourth level Fifth level  Second major point  Third major point □ Elaboration

3 U.S. Department of Transportation ITS Joint Program Office Image Source: Thinkstock/USDOT Summary Slide with Matrix CategoriesSupporting Bullets Category 1 in Arial Bold 14pt  Supporting bullets in Arial 14pt Category 2 in Arial Bold 14pt  Supporting bullets in Arial 14pt Category 3 in Arial Bold 14pt  Supporting bullets in Arial 14pt Category 4 in Arial Bold 14pt  Supporting bullets in Arial 14pt

4 U.S. Department of Transportation ITS Joint Program Office Image Source: Thinkstock/USDOT Slide with Illustration, Photo or Small Chart Main Point: Could be an objective, vision, goal or other framing text Optional 14 pt Key Takeaway Point At Bottom Of Page, To Support Conclusion  Major point with square bullet and 16 pt text; no bold or initial caps anywhere but in the title: □ Elaboration text with initial cap and lower case in 16 pt □ Major Point with Square Bullet and Initial Caps 16 pt ▪Third level –Fourth level Fifth level  Second major point  Third major point

5 U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Optional 14 pt Key Takeaway Point At Bottom Of Page, To Support Conclusion 14 pt Header for Point 1 Two Points to Support or Compare One Theme  Bullet – text in boxes is 14 pt □ Sub-bullet 1 □ Sub-bullet 2  Bullet 2  Bullet 3 □ Sub bullet  Bullet – text in boxes is 14 pt □ Sub-bullet 1 □ Sub-bullet 2  Bullet 2  Bullet 3 □ Sub bullet Clusters 14 pt Header for Point 2 Optional 14 pt Key Takeaway Point At Bottom Of Page, To Support Conclusion

6 U.S. Department of Transportation ITS Joint Program Office Image Source: Thinkstock/USDOT Hints for Formatting Slides  Font □ Headers: Arial, 28 pt font □ Content: Arial, 14 or 16 pt font □ To keep the font size consistent, you must turn off “Autofit” feature ▪Right-click on font in a text box; select Format Shape in pop-up menu ▪Next click on Text Box in the left panel; under Autofit, select Do not Autofit ▪Click Close  Using Headers □ Headers can be used in a variety of ways: ▪To track progress in the overall presentation (e.g., “Overview, cont’d”) ▪To speak directly to the info on the slide □ Either is fine, just stay consistent within your presentation and make sure they can stand (make sense) alone  Using bullets □ To indent a bullet, place cursor to the left of text and to the right of bullet, and press Tab □ To move a bullet to the left, place cursor to the left of text and to the right of bullet, and press Shift + Tab □ To change a bullet, place cursor to the left of text and to the right of bullet, right-click, and mouse over the word Bullets to get a bullet menu. Click on the desired option, or click Bullets and Numbering to customize  Punctuation □ Period should not be used at the end of bullet points □ Avoid semi-colons – dashes look better