How to make PowerPoint Presentations POP

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PowerPoint 102
Tips Tricks

• How to make PowerPoint Presentations POP!

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Slide Master

• Set up Slide Master
• Click View
• Master
• Slide Master

• Changes ALL slides
• Set Font styles sizes
• Add a Logo to appear on all slides
• Delete any items not needed
• Date
• Footer
• Slide Number

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Text

• All CAPS is never desirable
• Use one method to emphasize text
• Easy to read fonts
• Font size - as large as possible
• Be consistent
• No sentences use phrases (unless the
  presentation has no presenter)

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Choose Fonts Carefully

• Freestyle Script
• Parchment
• Bavand
• Executive
• Transistor
• Harlow Solid Italic
• Vivaldi
• Mistral

Not good choices for lots of text.
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ALL CAPS
Dont do this!
Do this!
If you have a lot of text in all caps, it is
difficult to read. Use caps to draw attention to
CERTAIN WORDS. Dont ever type in all caps for
anything!

• IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TEXT IN ALL CAPS, IT IS
  DIFFICULT TO READ. USE CAPS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO
  CERTAIN WORDS. DONT EVER TYPE IN ALL CAPS FOR
  ANYTHING!

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Emphasize
Emphasize
TIP If the text has the same meaning with or
without emphasis, dont add any emphasis at
all.

• Choose one method to emphasize text
• Within Quotes
• Italicized
• Bold
• All Caps
• Emphasis gets lost when too many methods are
  used.

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Backgrounds

• Use light backgrounds and dark text for longer
  presentations

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Dark Backgrounds

• White text against a dark background can cause
  eyesore for a long presentation.
• Use only for short presentations or for one
  emphasis slide.

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Design Template

• Format
• Apply Design Template
• Choose a Predesigned Template

OR

• Design Your Own use Slide Master
• Insert a picture
• Send it to the back
• Add text boxes as needed

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Slide Layouts
Title Only Slide
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Title Only Slide
Rearrange the Title Only Slide
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List
Bulleted List Slide

• Bulleted list
• Demoted once
• Demoted twice
• Demoted three times
• Demoted four times

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List More Items
2 Column Bulleted List Slide

• Serif fonts
• Considered best to use
• Contains tittles and jots
• Times New Roman
• Garamond
• Palatino

• Sans Serif fonts
• Plain
• No serifs
• Arial
• Tahoma
• Century Gothic

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Clip Art
Clip Art Text Slide

• Insert
• Picture
• Clip Art
• Any Picture File

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Organization
Organization Chart Slide
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Chart
Chart Slide
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Tables
Table Slide
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Blank Slide
Design Your Own Slide
Add Graphics Background Color
Add WordArt
Add AutoShapes
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Animation

• Click
• Slide Show
• Custom Animation
• Effects
• Sound
• Set Timings

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Slide Transitions

• Choose one transition or allow random
  transitions.
• Change the speed of the transition.
• Apply to one slide or all.
• Change slides on mouse click or after a
  designated time limit.
• Add sounds

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Timing

• Two ways to set the length of time a slide
  appears on the screen
• Use the Slide Transition dialog box to set
  timings for each slide.
• Rehearse Timings to customize time for each
  slide.

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Notes

• Notes appear at the bottom of the Notes Page
  below the slide.

• Presenters may prefer notes to remind them of
  points to mention
• Use Normal view or Notes Page view
• Notes can be printed

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Hyperlinks

• A hyperlink will connect to another slide,
  document, web site, etc.
• An object or text can be a hyperlink

• Select the text or object
• Choose INSERT / HYPERLINK

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Slide Sorter

• Rearrange the order of the slides
• Delete a slide
• Hide a slide

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Congratulations!

• You are now an official EXPERT user of
  PowerPoint!
• Go forth and present!

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