POWERPOINT'STHE DO’S AND DON’TS
BULLET POINTSDO’S
• Always have the bullet points to the left• Keep it short• Only have a few per page
BULLET POINTSDON’TS
• Don’t have your bullet points aligned to the middle or right
• Don’t over complicate things!
BACKGROUNDSDO’S
• Use simple backgrounds• Use complimentary colors
BACKGROUNDSDON’T
• Don’t use irrelevant and distracting images
CONTRAST AND COLORDO’
• Use colored text that stands out• Use backgrounds that compliment the color of the
text
CONTRAST AND COLORDON’T
• Don’t use colored text that blends in with the background• Don’t use distracting neon colors
GRAPHICSDO’S
• Keep it simple!• Place graphics in good proximity to text
GRAPHICSDON’T
• Don’t overuse graphics• Don’t overlap
RULE OF FOURDO’S
• Try to keep all things in groups of four!
RULE OF FOURDON’T
• Don’t have things in one,• Two,• Three,• Four,• Five,• Six,• And so on groups!
PROXIMITY DO’S
• Do keep pictures and text in good proximity to each other
• Bee’s are our friends
PROXIMITY DON’T
• Don’t use an unorganized display• Bee’s are our friends
FONTSDO’S
• Make fonts large enough for the audience to read• Keep them simple!
FONTSDON’T
• Don’t use tiny fonts that are hard to read
• Don’t use strange themes
PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCESDO’S
• Represent colors correctly:
Purple
PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCESDON’T
• Don’t confuse the audience by using false representations:
• Green
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