Power point tips and tricks
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PowerPoint Tips and Tricks
TLC Educational Technology Conference
November 14, 2012
Power Point Tips & Tricks Frances Kleven
Objectives
• Designing• Presenting• Saving• Learning
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PowerPoint
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What annoys/distracts you in a presentation?
What do you enjoy about a PowerPoint presentation?
What would you like to be able to do with PowerPoint?
Not the Only Game in Town
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Templates
• Save time
• Create cohesion
• Minimize distraction
• Focus on content
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Font SizeAs a general rule, stick to 28-36 pt. font.
shouting
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squinting
Adjust font size to:• Emphasize a
point• Not to try to squeeze more onto a slide
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Keep to Key Words
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words per line
lines per slide
words per slide“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory”
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Color
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• Don’t rely on color to emphasize
• Sharp contrast with background and text
• Be conservative—no more than 3 main colors
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Audience
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Web Lecture
Study material
Print vs. electron
ic
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Keyboard Shortcuts
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Action Shortcut
Shift, F5 Start presentation
Enter/space Next slide
Backspace Previous slide
Home/end Beginning/end of presentation
Esc. End presentation
Ctrl., A Arrow cursor
F1 View shortcuts
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AnimationHow to calculate Earned Run Average
When done well:• Illustrates key
concepts • Demonstrates
sequence
When done poorly:• Not noticed at
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* Information needed: number of innings pitched, number of runs scored
5 innings
÷4 runs
X
9 (innings per game)= 11.2
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Think holistically
Learner
Speaker
Slides
Audience
Notes/ hando
ut
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Takeaways
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• Create/use a templates• Design vs. decorate• Save creativity for content• Move beyond the bullet point (animation, SmartArt,
video, images)• Simple and basic• Use handouts and notes• Key words not sentences• Google it• “Borrow” from others• View it again:
http://www.slideshare.net/klevenf/power-point-tips-and-tricks-15178519
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Questions/Ideas?