1. IEDM PowerPoint Presentation Template
Author list goes here…
Affiliation goes here…

2. Outline of Presentation
Page Setup
Colors and fonts
General guidelines for good slides
Text slides
Illustrations and figures
Saving your file
Uploading your presentation

3. Page Setup Use the page setup defined by this template
Note the 16:9 aspect ratio
Use a white background
Leave at least ½” margin on all sides
All pages should be in horizontal (Landscape) format
Do not use vertically formatted pages
No logos are permitted except on the title page

4. Colors and Fonts Use black or another dark color
Maximize the contrast with the white background
Use the Calibri fonts shown in this template
Use as large a font as possible
Main text lines: 32 point
Secondary lines: 28 point
Smallest text lines: 24 point
Anything below 24 is too small (e.g. 20 point)

5. General Guidelines Keep concepts as simple as possible
Limit each page to one main idea
Use several simple figures rather than one complex one
Make duplicate copies of a page if you plan to refer to it later
Do not switch back and forth during your presentation
Do not plan to go back to a slide
Rehearse your talk aloud, preferably in front of a group
Ask your colleagues for feedback

6. Text Slides
Slides with lots of words are hard for the audience to grasp
Avoid line breaks
The audience should focus on you not on reading long text lines as in this horribly horribly long long text
Minimize the number of words on text slides
Guidelines
Use no more than 30 words per page
Use no more than 6 lines of text per page

7. Graphs and Figures Simple line drawings are often best
Make all lines sufficiently thick
Use dark colors to give high contrast to the background
Dotted, dashed, or other specialty lines should be bold and thick
Make fonts embedded in figures > 24 point
Make sure figures also use Calibri or a similar font
Avoid serif fonts like Times New Roman
These fonts are good for printed material but not on screens
Imported graphs may have small fonts and thin lines
Fix this in the source program

8. Example of a Good Figure
Simple graph - thick, bold axes - large fonts

9. Example of a Bad Figure
Light colors, poor contrast, text too small

10. Saving Your File Embed true type fonts in your file
Click on “File”, “Save As”, “Tools”, “Save options”, “Embed fonts in the file”, or
Click on “File”, “Save As”, and check “Embed True Type”
Save your file with the name pattern shown below
S-P_author_n.ppt
S: Session number, P: Paper number, n: Version
Example: 5-3_Smith_1.ppt

11. Uploading Your Presentation
Bring an electronic copy with you to IEDM on a USB drive
Deliver it to the Speaker Preparation Room
Do this on the day prior to your talk!
Review your materials in the Speaker Preparation Room
Verify that your presentation works properly
Verify all fonts are properly embedded, check for μ, η, °, etc.