Getting PowerPoint Right

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Getting PowerPoint Right
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The Views

• Normal
• Slide Sorter
• Slide Show

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Toolbars Commands You Need

• Picture Toolbar
• Group/Ungroup/Regroup
• Order
• Duplicate
• Shadows
• Arial Font

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Reasons to hate PowerPoint

• The corny clip art that never quite says what you
  want
• The same tasteless design templates that everyone
  else uses
• The predictable slide layouts
• The endless sequences of bullet points
• The distracting animations and transitions
• The confusing charts full of chart junk
• The patronizing visualization of simple concepts
• The logos, headers and footers on every slide
• The monotonous uniformity
• The excessive use of text

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Do you need a slide show?

• If you dont need visual aids to make your point,
  dont bother.
• Use visual aids where they enhance your
  presentation.
• Use PowerPoint for your audiences benefit, not
  yours.

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Why do you need a slide show?

• To inform.
• To teach.
• To sell.
• To entertain.

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Nothing

• When interacting with the audience.When visuals
  would not aid understanding.

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Text

• When quoting someone.When making a precise
  statement.When making a reference that the
  audience might like to note down.

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Five Ways to Fix this Quote

• "We should be careful to get out of an experience
  only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there
  lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot
  stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot
  stove-lid again - and that is well but also she
  will never sit down on a cold one anymore."
• -Mark Twain

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Bullets

• When stepping through a number of related points
  (as bullets).When stepping through a sequence
  (as a numbered list).

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Table

• When presenting two-dimensional data.When
  summarizing a procedure.

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Chart

• To explain relationships between numbers
  (comparisons, trends, etc.).

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Diagram
To depict layouts and structures.To depict the
relationship between concepts.
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Reproduce this Drawing (Hard Way)
The Eclipse of Mars
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Reproduce this Drawing (Easy Way)
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Picture
As a simple representation or facsimile
(photographs and illustrations).
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Ten Ways to Change this Picture
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Advanced Picture Stuff
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Animation

• When depicting abstract relationships over time
  (processes, how things work, etc.).To attract
  attention or entertain.To simulate reality (as
  with 3D graphics).

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Animations

• Text- Wipe from Left
• Cylinder- Stretch from Bottom
• Heart- Zoom in
• Head- Bounce

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Advanced Animation Stuff
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Audio

• To add music or sound effects.When presenting to
  users what someone or something sounds like.

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A Cinderella Story
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Video

• When presenting real-life events.

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