The Do’s and Dont’s of PowerPointBy Gabbi Sashkin
Bad Example: Bullet Point• Too MUCH INFORMATION AND THE TEXT
IS ALL IN CAPS Text is adjusted to the right rather than center
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Good Example: Bullets Text is simple. No caps. Adjusted left Rule of 4
Bad Example: BackgroundCan’t see words against background.Image doesn’t correspond with key ideas.distracting
Good Example: Background Background is simple. Contrast between words and
background.
Bad Example: Contrast and Color Not enough contrast between words and
background. Color is too bright and distracting.
Good Example: Color and Contrast Words are easy to read against the
background color. Color is not distracting.
Bad Example: Graphics
Good Example: Graphics Graphics relate to a topic Few pictures
Bad Example: Rule of 4 Here is a list of
colors: Blue Green Orange Yellow Purple Pink Brown Teal Maroon
Here are more colors: Indigo Violet Mint Coral Sapphire Navy Silver Gold Burgundy
Good Example: Rule of 4 Shades of Blue:
Sky Blue Sapphire Blue Navy Blue Royal Blue
Shades of Green: Apple Green Lime Sea Green Teal
Bad Example: Proximity Here is a picture of an apple tree:
Good Example: Proximity Here is a picture of an apple tree
Bad Example: Fonts I am writing this in Century Gothic, but it
will now switch to Arial for no reason. But wait, what is this, now we are in Baskerville. I don’t think Times New Roman would like that very much. Now Comic, Sans wants in on the fun, this is madness. Way too many fonts for one slide, coming from Lucida Handwriting.
Good Example: Fonts The same should be used on all slides
unless emphasizing a specific point that needs to stand out from the rest of the slide.
Bad Example: Perceptual Differences Emphasis isn’t used properly, if used
on every single word.
Also, underline should not be used on PowerPoint because it cuts off the bottoms of letters such as, g, p, j, and y.
Good Example: Perceptual Differences If something is important, it should be
put in bold, italicized, or into a different color.
The more important, the more
prominent the difference between text should be.