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MakingPowerPointSlidesAvoidingthePitfallsofBadSlidesTipstobeCoveredOutlinesSlideStructureFontsColourBackgroundGraphsSpellingandGrammarConclusionsQuestionsOutlineMakeyour1stor2ndslideanoutlineofyourpresentation–Ex:previousslideFollowtheorderofyouroutlinefortherestofthepresentationOnlyplacemainpointsontheoutlineslide–Ex:UsethetitlesofeachslideasmainpointsSlideStructure–GoodUse1-2slidesperminuteofyourpresentationWriteinpointform,notcompletesentencesInclude4-5pointsperslideAvoidwordiness:usekeywordsandphrasesonlySlideStructure-BadThispagecontainstoomanywordsforapresentationslide.Itisnotwritteninpointform,makingitdifficultbothforyouraudiencetoreadandforyoutopresenteachpoint.Althoughthereareexactlythesamenumberofpointsonthisslideasthepreviousslide,itlooksmuchmorecomplicated.Inshort,youraudiencewillspendtoomuchtimetryingtoreadthisparagraphinsteadoflisteningtoyou.SlideStructure–GoodShowonepointatatime:–Willhelpaudienceconcentrateonwhatyouaresaying–Willpreventaudiencefromreadingahead–WillhelpyoukeepyourpresentationfocusedSlideStructure-BadDonotusedistractinganimationDonotgooverboardwiththeanimationBeconsistentwiththeanimationthatyouuseFonts-GoodUseatleastan18-pointfontUsedifferentsizefontsformainpointsandsecondarypoints–thisfontis24-point,themainpointfontis28-point,andthetitlefontis36-pointUseastandardfontlikeTimesNewRomanorArialFonts-BadIfyouuseasmallfont,youraudiencewon’tbeabletoreadwhatyouhavewrittenCAPITALIZEONLYWHENNECESSARY.ITISDIFFICULTTOREADDon’tuseacomplicatedfontColour-GoodUseacolouroffontthatcontrastssharplywiththebackground–Ex:bluefontonwhitebackgroundUsecolourtoreinforcethelogicofyourstructure–Ex:lightbluetitleanddarkbluetextUsecolourtoemphasizeapoint–ButonlyusethisoccasionallyColour-BadUsingafontcolourthatdoesnotcontrastwiththebackgroundcolourishardtoreadUsingcolourfordecorationisdistractingandannoying.Usingadifferentcolourforeachpointisunnecessary–UsingadifferentcolourforsecondarypointsisalsounnecessaryTryingtobecreativecanalsobebadBackground-GoodUsebackgroundssuchasthisonethatareattractivebutsimpleUsebackgroundswhicharelightUsethesamebackgroundconsistentlythroughoutyourpresentationBackground–BadAvoidbackgroundsthataredistractingordifficulttoreadfromAlwaysbeconsistentwiththebackgroundthatyouuseGraphs-GoodUsegraphsratherthanjustchartsandwords–Dataingraphsiseasiertocomprehend&retainthanisrawdata–TrendsareeasiertovisualizeingraphformAlwaystitleyourgraphsGraphs-BadJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilBlueBalls20.427.49020.4RedBalls30.638.634.631.6Graphs-GoodItemsSoldinFirstQuarterof20020102030405060708090100JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilBlueBallsRedBallsGraphs-Bad20.427.49020.430.638.634.631.60102030405060708090100JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilBlueBallsRedBallsGraphs-BadMinorgridlinesareunnecessaryFontistoosmallColoursareillogicalTitleismissingShadingisdistractingSpellingandGrammarProofyourslidesfor:–spelingmistakes–theuseofofrepeatedwords–grammaticalerrorsyoumighthavemakeIfEnglishisnotyourfirstlanguage,pleasehavesomeoneelsecheckyourpresentation!ConclusionUseaneffectiveandstrongclosing–YouraudienceislikelytorememberyourlastwordsUseaconclusionslideto:–Summarizethemainpointsofyourpresentation–SuggestfutureavenuesofresearchQuestions??Endyourpresentationwithasimplequestionslideto:–Inviteyouraudiencetoaskquestions–Provideavisualaidduringquestionperiod–Avoidendingapresentationabruptly