Design Choices for Effective Presentation in PowerPoint

PowerPoint is currently controlling around 90% of the industry share when it comes to presentation software. During the last couple of years it has grown to be the leading presentation program. Just about any new version has shown the improvement of new functions which have been accepted by its end users .While it is an easy to use application, one can find over the years a couple of guidelines that makes a lot of peoples’ life much easier when thinking about creating a presentation.

 

Style Preferences

 

In creating a presentation keep in mind that less is more.

·         Always maintain words to a minimum amount - do not crowd the slides.

·         Keep into consideration the 6 by 6 principle – try to put only 6 words in a line, 6 lines per slide.

·         If you happen to have a longer listing under an overall heading, split it into a couple of pages or more.

 

Content Options

 

Considering the variety of fonts to choose from you can easily get over-involved and go nuts and make use of too many fonts.

• Make use of fonts systematically. Apply uniform and consistent font for headings in each and every slide.
  
• The body of the content should normally not have on average two (2) font selections.
  
• Work with a typeface that may be simple to read allowing you to get the information across effortlessly. It is interesting to experiment with a colorful font that might not be quickly understood or might not really go along with your idea.
  
• All caps are difficult to read if positioned within the foremost body of the text. Apply all caps in the title tag only.
  

 

Color Selections

 

A darker text and lighter background arrangement is acceptable however others prefer lighter text on an overcast hue background.

·         Limit to one (1) pattern and color.

·         In many cases, gradient and translucent fills may arrive at a pleasant subtle result between two (2) tones on the background.

 

Starting up a File

 

A file could very well be initiated from within the software. But another alternative option is to launch Windows Explorer and then right-click any PowerPoint file after which click Show to launch the program.

 

In case you would like to pause for a break in your current presentation without losing the point in the slide show, simply click the lowercase B for a black colored display or lowercase W for a white colored display. In case it is a self-running presentation, it is going to pause. Should you be ready to continue the discussion, click either key once again, and you should continue right where you stopped.

 

Making an Overview

 

You have basically put together a show collation; however you have not included an introduction, objective, or summary. PowerPoint gives you a quick way of including a Summary Slide to the current design. This may be renamed introduction or objective, or you may place it at the ending of the page and rename it summary or overview.

 

PowerPoint Templates

 

PowerPoint was created to give the presentation a constant style. Design templates consist of color schemes, slide as well as title masters with specialty formatting and crafted fonts, all meant to create a certain look. PowerPoint provides a considerable amount of design templates to pick from when making your presentation.

 

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