Transcript Powerpoint Tips

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Outline/Story Board
Keep It Simple, Sweetie!
Color & Font
Balanced Design
Rules
•Make an outline of
your slide show first
•Each slide should
have one clear and
simple purpose
•Decide on text first
and then illustrate
your point with an
appropriate visual
TITLE:
MAIN IDEA
1:
Egyptian
Pharaohs
MAIN IDEA
2:
Duties of the
Pharaoh
How is the
Pharaoh
also a god?
•Type only the main
points
•Bullet or number
main points
•Give details when
you’re speaking to
the group (“talking
points”)
•Six bullets per slide maximum
•Six to eight words per bullet
•Don’t make audiences read lots and lots of
material. They’ll get bored and stop listening,
and besides, your brain can only do one thing
at once and you want your audience to listen,
not read. You probably gave up on reading
this paragraph a long time ago.
Visuals
should
illustrate
the main
idea of each
slide
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Red = power, excitement
Blue = calm, slows pulse
Green = nature
Yellow = happy
Purple = childlike
LIGHT
DARK
MEDIUM
FONT
FONTFONT
COLOR
COLOR
COLOR
ON
ONON
LIGHT
DARK
MEDIUM
BACKGROUND
Hard
Easy to
to read!
read!
72 Point –
They can’t miss it!
36 Point
Can be used for details
24 Point
Very wee & hard to see
SLIDE TITLES CAN BE
CENTERED
• Never center bullet points like this
• Makes for ragged look
• Makes text harder to follow
• Always keep bullet
points aligned on the
right
• Keep things neat and
easy to follow
Centered visuals leave little room for text
• Place visuals to
the right
• More room for
text
• The eye
naturally goes
from left to right
•Use different
background colors
or patterns for
different topics
•Make sure the
background
pattern doesn’t
make text hard to
read
Beware of too much of a good thing!
• Major ideas use
similar transitions
• Don’t rush! Give
the audience a
chance to absorb
new info
• Avoid ALL CAPITALS
• Follow standard capitalization rules
• Capitalize the first word of each
bullet
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Spell check
Grammar check
Proofread
Read out loud
•Cite all sources
using your
Bibliography
Guide
•Cite sources of
images, too!
1. Outline/Story Board
2. Keep It Simple –
Bullets & Visuals
3. Color & Font
4. Balanced Design
Text, Visuals, Graphics & Animations
5. Rules
Capitalization, Proofreading & Citations