Common PowerPoint Mistakes
Slide Structure – Good Use 1-2 slides per minute of your presentation Write in point form, not complete sentences Include 4-5 points per slide Avoid wordiness: use key words and phrases only
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PowerPoint Common Mistakes
1) People tend to put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides. Although this eliminates the need to memorize your talk, ultimately this makes your slides crowded, wordy, and boring. You will loose your audience’s attention before you even reach the bottom of your…
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PowerPoint Common Mistakes
Slide Structure – Good Show one point at a time:
Will help audience concentrate on what you are saying Will prevent audience from reading ahead Will help you keep your presentation focused
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PowerPoint Common Mistakes• AND• YOUR• KEY • MESSAGES • WILL• NOT • STAND • OUT• IN FACT • THE • TERM • BULLET POINT
• COMES • FROM • PEOPLE • FIRING • OBJECTS • AT • ANNOYING • PRESENTERS
• AVOID• EXCESSIVE• BULLET POINTING • ONLY • BULLET• KEY • POINTS • TOO• MANY • BULLET POINTS
2) Many peeple do not run spel Cheek before there prsentation – BIG MISTAAK! Nothing makes you look stupideerer than speling errers!
The Red Line underneath a word means its spelled wong!
If English is not your first language, please have someone else check your presentation!
PowerPoint Common Mistakes
Colour - Good Use a colour of font that contrasts sharply with the
background Ex: blue font on white background
Use colour to reinforce the logic of your structure Ex: light blue title and dark blue text
Use colour to emphasize a point But only use this occasionally
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Colour - Bad Using a font colour that does not contrast with the
background colour is hard to read Using colour for decoration is distracting and
annoying. Using a different colour for each point is unnecessary
Using a different colour for secondary points is also unnecessary Trying to be creative can also be bad
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Background - Good Use backgrounds such as this one that are attractive
but simple
Use backgrounds which are light
Use the same background consistently throughout your presentation
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Background – Bad Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to
read from Always be consistent with the background that you
use
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Bad Color SchemesClashing background and Font colors can
lead to…. Distraction Confusion Head Ache
Nausea Vomiting
Loss of Bladder Control
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Slide Structure - Bad Do not use distracting animation
Do not go overboard with the animation
Be consistent with the animation that you use
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Animation vs Effective
The simple region
Effective Boring
ADD Only
Boring but Static
Graphical Enhancement
Region
Parental Region
RightTriangle
Pointless Motion
Font Analysis
Courier NewOrganized & Structured
RavieArtistic or you’ve had too much caffeine
Times New Roman
Nice, basic font that everyone can read
Font Analysis
Artsy FartsyToo creative & difficult to read
Fancy Script
Often a camouflage for inadequate information
Rockwell Extra Bold Extra bold does not equal extra emphasis
Fonts - Good Use at least an 18-point font Use different size fonts for main points and secondary
points this font is 24-point, the main point font is 28-point, and the title
font is 36-point
Use a standard font like Times New Roman or Arial CAPITALIZE ONLY WHEN NECESSARY. IT IS
DIFFICULT TO READ
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Font Analysis
Size does matter:
10 point
20 point
32 point
44 point
72 point
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