Make Attractive and Effective PowerPoint Presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint has dramatically changed the way in which academic and business presentations are made. This article summarizes some instructions on making more effective and attractive PowerPoint presentations

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  • You must keep the wording clear and simple. Utilize active, visual language. Cut unnecessary words a good rule of thumb is to cut paragraphs down to sentences, sentences into phrases, and phrases into key words.
  • Limit the number of words and lines per slide. You should apply the Rule of Five means in one lines write five words, and five lines per slide. If you put much more text emerges on one slide, then you should use the AutoFit functionality to divide it among two slides. Click inside the placeholder to show the AutoFit Options button, then click on the button and select Split Text among Two Slides from the submenu.
  • The size of font of the titles must be in between 34 to 40, while the text body should not be smaller than 25.
  • Embed the fonts in your presentation, if you are not sure whether the fonts utilized in the presentation are present in the computer which will be utilized for the presentation. To embed the fonts you follow:

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On the toolbar, click Tools, click Save Options, select the Embed TrueType Fonts check box, and then select Embed characters in use only.

  • Apply colors carefully; two to three at most. You can utilize one color for the entire titles and a different for the text body. Be steady from slide to slide. Select a font color that difference well with the background.
  • You should capitalize the first letter of all word is very best for the title of slides and proposes a more official condition than having just the first letter of the first word capitalized. Use bold or italic typeface for emphasis. Avoid underlining, it clutters up the presentation.
  • Don’t center bulleted lists or text as it create confused to read. Left align except you have a good reason not to.
  • You run spell check on your show when complete.