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Customizing a Presentation and Creating a Slide Show
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A collection of slides used to enhance an informative speech
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Know your audience - don’t present information that the audience already knows Use Restraint - overuse colors or decorations
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Be accurate and ethical - double check your information, figures and sources Choose appropriate graphics and styles – use appropriate accents to your presentation
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Use outline Formats – They are easier to follow, don’t write paragraphs Use bullets - Bullets imply no significant order Use numbers - To show rank or sequence Use Restraint - No more than one topic per slide
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6 lines of text per slide 6 words per line Allow plenty of room around borders and illustrations
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* This is 40 Point * Minimum 36 point for titles 24 for body text 12 Point Font is Too Small for a presentation
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Use Sans serif (no curly feet) such as Arial or body text Serif text is difficult to read in a presentation Use serif such as Roman for titles only
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Make Titles larger type size than body elements Emphasize important statements or words with bold, italic, larger size or different font.
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Use the same color consistently throughout the presentation Use light letters on dark backgrounds
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Patterns on bars or pie slices cause confusion Solid colors convey a clear bold message
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Darker vs. lighter? Home tab Layout Look at the options
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It’s Easy! Click the design tab Colors Change the color scheme of your slides
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Click the design tab Change your theme Colors Fonts
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AAnimations Tab, Custom Animations SSwivels, Spirals, Fly CChange the view! CChange the speed! ◦A◦Animations Tab ◦T◦Transition Speed
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Do not read your slides to the audience Do not overuse PowerPoint Too many slides become pointless!
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Determine the main purpose of the presentation Determine the output Show one idea per slide Maintain consistent layout Keep slides easy to read and uncluttered Know your audience
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