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PowerPointDo's and Don'ts

By:

Sudarshan



Why do you present?

To “pass the information”?

Your boss told you to?Or to make meaning?



Connect with the Audience

is the primary objective



Boring bad presentation with

meaningless Bullet points …



Do:

Organize your thoughts on paper before working with PowerPoint

Use the Outline View for preparing the text part of your presentation

Spell check your content

Use only appropriate graphs, charts and images that closely follow or

complement the concept expressed in each slide

Divide topics in one or more slides and keep text to a minimum on each slide

Keep a certain consistency in titles, backgrounds, colours and slide

transitions

Run the show for final adjustments, stand back from the screen at

least a meter, perhaps ask a colleague to assist and to give useful ideas



Don't:

Don’t work on the visual part of the presentation before having

inserted all the necessary text

Don’t use too many pictures and graphics which might take the focus

away from more important items such as keywords and relevant data

Don’t use so many bullet points, use the keywords to express

Don’t use flashy transitions (too much movement will distract your

audience)

Don't read your material directly from the screen (usethe slides as prompts, outlines, or conversation points, not cue cards)



What is story



Don’t use Too much info

Putting all your points on one slide!

The more your audience has to read

the less they are listening to you.

Use statement not sentence

keep relevant points on the same slide.

Use Keyword.



Font size should range between 18 to 48

(according to importance)

Use fonts that are easy to read, such as

Arial, Tahoma, Times New Roman, etc.

(San Serif fonts )

Use uppercase letters for the first letter

Leave space between the lines of text

Use statements, not sentences

Use keywords to help the audiencefocus on your message

Don't include too many details and data

(no more than 7 words to a line and 7

lines to a slide)

Don't crowd the information, don't use

flashy or curvy fonts (Serif fonts)

Don't use all uppercase letters (they are

difficult to read and will appear to your

audience that you are yelling)

Don't use abbreviations

Don't use too may font type and colour in a slide

Large font size increases legibility and forces the issue of limiting text

per slide

Fonts



Serif fonts



Use appropriate colours

Use high contrast colour( lightbackground with dark text or vice versa)

Use colours that will stand out and will be

easy on the eyes(dark backgrounds and

light text is best)

Use PowerPoint colour scheme

Limit the use of colour to 2 to 4

colours/shades

Don't have multiple colour schemes

Don't use dark colours on a darkbackground (red, blue, and black should

not be used together as text and

background)

Don’t use too bright colour

Don’t use yellow on blue and red on

green

Colors

Use contrasting colours

Light on dark vs dark on light

Use complementary colours

Use contrasting colours

Light on dark vs dark on light

Use complementary colours



Use Proper grid

Put the either the text or object in asymmetric flow

Use proper white space

Use proper alignment to place the object

Don’t put scatter object

Alignment



I Sh d G h



Include graphs and chart that shows

relationships, changes and growth

Use relevant images and graphics

identify with it

Use 1 to 2 images per slide

Use shapes to illustrate complex topics

Don't use too many shapes and charts

Don’t use to many graphics and images(this can be distracting)

Don’t use low quality images

Don’t use meaningless graphs that aredifficult to read

Images, Shapes and Graphs



Not like this

S i l Eff t



Use sounds to help convey,

complement, or enhance the message

Keep transitions to a minimum

Use the same transition or a variation of

the transition

Use appropriate animation if needed

Don't use sounds when they aren't

appropriate

Avoid flashy transitions (too much

movement will distract your audience)

Avoid using random slide transitions

Avoid meaningless animation

Special Effect

How r u?

Input Output

P i Y P i



Practice Your PresentationUse a data projector to view your

presentation:

Is it easy to read the text?

Is the amount of information on each slide

kept to a minimum?

Are there any distracting elements?

Don't read your material directly from the

screen (use the slides as prompts,

outlines, or conversation points, not cuecards)

Don't leave all the lights on in the room

(be sure people can actually see the

screen)



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