Electronic Presentation Guide

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Electronic Presentation Guide

• Austin Conference on Integrated Systems
  Circuits

03/1/06
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About this Presentation

• View this presentation first as a slide show,
  then view note pages for more detail
• Use a good virus checker
• Confidentiality not guaranteed
• Test Slide at end of presentation

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Purpose

• Document recommended standards and guidelines for
  electronic slide presentation
• Provide electronic template
• The file you are reading has settings, colors and
  fonts that conform to ACISC recommendations
• You may edit this file and replace our slides
  with your presentation

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Projection Computer

• Pentium PC, 500 Mhz or faster
• 256 Mbytes minimum CPU memory
• Microsoft Windows XP
• PowerPoint XP, version 2003
• ACISC supplies projection computer
• ACISC preloads presentations delivered in a
  timely manner, otherwise bring your presentation
  on a USB memory stick or CD

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Presentation File

• One file per presentation
• .ppt format
• File totally self contained
• No links to
• Other files
• The internet

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If You Use Earlier Versions

• Projected with Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
• .ppt file extension
• 2000, 95 or 97 format OK
• but check bullet fonts with PPT 2003
• and check animation with 2003
• Version 4.0/98 (Mac) OK, but take precautions

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Special Fonts or Symbols

• Special fonts, symbols, bullets not on projection
  computer
• Watch out for
• Wingdings
• MS Line Draw
• Monotype Sorts
• Scientific symbol fonts
• Asian language fonts
• Can embed TrueType fonts in file,
• But it increases upload times

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Style Guidelines

• 15-25 slides, including 4 mandatory slides
• Each slide should have a title
• 9 lines max on a text slide
• 7 words max per line
• In File-gtPage Setup window specify
• Slides sized for On Screen Show
• Slide orientation Landscape
• High contrast Light lettering/lines on a dark
  background

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Style Guidelines (cont)

• Short phrases, not long sentences
• Use Arial, or similar sans serif font
• This line uses the Helvetica font
• The rest of the document uses Arial
• 36 Point Titles
• 28 point text

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Mandatory Slides

• Title slide (logo permitted here)
• Purpose (of your work) slide
• Outline slide (of your talk, not your paper)
• Detail slides (ie slides 4-24) go here
• Conclusion slide

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Other General Tips

• Company (university) logo on title slide only
• Show only what you will talk about
• Use single muted color for blank slides
• Use to focus attention on speaker

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Contrast

• High contrast very important
• Use light lines/text on a dark background
• Foreground White, yellow, light cyan
• Background Black, dark blue, dark brown
• Caution Red, orange or blue lettering and lines
  become unreadable when projected

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Other Color Schemes

• This slide guide uses a very conservative yellow
  on dark blue scheme
• These colors work well
• Other color schemes work, too
• Just keep bright detail over a dark background
• Two examples with other color schemes that worked
  well at past conferences follow

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Black Provides Great Contrast
Simulation Environment
HDL ATE Model
HDL Device Model
Signal Connections
Test Program Control
ATE Rules
Simulation Report
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Dark Green Can Work Well
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DO NOT APPLY DFT
aescape 15
7
aescape 10
10
Die volume
aescape 5
Worst case
aescape 1
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APPLY DFT
5
10
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
1
1.5
Die size (cm2)
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Display Speed

• Slides should display instantly
• Do not distract the audience with slow transition
  effects
• Avoid overuse of slow graphics, fonts and special
  effects

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Transitions Between Slides

• Special animation when changing from one slide to
  another
• Usually highly distracting to audience
• Use only as special attention getter
• Default settings should be
• Effect No transition
• Speed Fast
• Advance On mouse click

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Transitions Between Lines

• Can be highly effective
• Focus attention on a specific line of a slide
• Dim previous lines
• Make transitions be instantaneous
• Be consistent
• Suggest the technique used in this slide

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Sound Effects

• DO NOT USE SOUND EFFECTS
• Projection computer not connected to sound system
• Sound effects slow down slide transitions
• Noise from projection computer may distract
  audience

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Borders

• Do not use borders
• They reduce the amount of space available for
  your text and data
• They slow down the slide display

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Diagram slides

• Keep diagrams simple
• Easy to view
• Make text readable
• Use all space in rectangle
• Example follows

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Backplane ASP Connections
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Presenting Data - Graphs

• Use graphs, not tables
• Keep graphs simple
• Eliminate or subdue distracting grid lines
• Use large font sizes
• Example follows

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Fault coverage vs. No. of Vectors
100
80
60
Fault Coverage ()
40
20
0
1.0E01
1.0E03
1.0E05
1.0E06
No. of Vectors
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File Transfers

• Upload .ppt File to ACISC Web Site
• Topic Coordinator downloads reviews
• Other transfer arrangements by special
  arrangement with Topic Coordinator

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Some Bad Examples

• The next three slides show examples of bad
  practices that should be avoided
• Bad slide layout
• Improper color use
• Sound and transition effects gone mad

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(Press the Enter key to continue)

• This slide has no title. Titles help guide the
  audience through the talk. All slides except
  photographs should have a title.
• The type on this slide is too small. Its
  readable here, but when projected, only the
  presenter and maybe those in the front rows will
  be able to read it. Those in the back will be
  completely lost.
• USE OF ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR ITALICS also makes
  slides difficult to read. Use dark backgrounds
  not light!
• This slide would be easier to follow if
  indentations were used.
• Dont design your ACISC slides to stand alone.
  They are a guide to your presentation. If they
  were understandable by themselves, we could just
  publish them and forget about presentations!
  Your slides support what you say They dont
  replace it.
• This slide has too many words and too many
  points. Keep your slides under nine lines.

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Bad Color Usage
Poor Contrast
Board 1
Board 2
Board 3
ASP
ASP
ASP
Text too tiny
tck
PSBM
tms
tdi
trst
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How to Annoy The Audience (Press Enter)

• Misuse sound
• Overuse transition effects
• Focus the audience on your slides, not the
  speaker
• Try to use every feature PowerPoint has to offer

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Conclusion

• Keep your slides simple
• Use large fonts for high visibility
• 36 pt for titles
• 28 pt for details
• High contrast colors
• Highlight, dont detail

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Test Slide

• If your text and drawings fit within the white
  rectangle, then you will be able to project
  everything correctly. Press Enter 3 times.