1. The Basics
Ms. Ricks
Jan. 2007

2. 7 x 7
Words-
when you are presenting information you want to have no more than seven
(7) words on each line
Lines-
no more than seven (7) lines on a page

3. Title (Line 1) Line 2-no more than seven (7) words

4. Breakdown of Bullets by Lines
1st Bullet- default text size is 32.
2nd Bullet- default text size is 28.
3rd Bullet- default text size is 24.
4th Bullet- default text size is 20.
5th Bullet- default text size is 20.
These are the default bullet shapes.

5. K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Silly Keep things simple, don’t try to do
too much on one slide.

6. Fonts Do’s Don’ts Use color to enhance certain information
Use different font styles
Don’ts
Use smaller than 32 point font
Use hard to see colors

7. Fonts Continued Do’s Don’ts Edit what you say so it can fit easily
Use fonts that are easy to see
Don’ts
Reduce your font size to make all the info fit
Use more than 4 font styles

8. Color Do’s Don’ts Red text with white backgrounds
Use complimentary colors
Dark background and light text
Use bright, warm colors
Don’ts
Red text with white backgrounds
Never use red text with a tv
Colors that are too similar to your background

9. Text Alignments Left align easiest to read Center headings
Vary the bullet levels
Avoid Justify and Right aligns
Place graphics mostly on the left

10. Graphics Place mostly on the left (your eyes
are trained to start there)
Place any graphics before or after your
text, don’t place it in the middle
of information
Don’t place too many on your slide

11. Sounds You can add sound to your presentation
You don’t want to have sound with
every letter, word, transition or graphic
Use sounds to enhance, not take away
from your presentation

12. Other Information You don’t have to use a period on every sentence
You can still do watermarks
When you type information, think of it
like highlighting to information and you will tell the specifics