HowtoDoaGoodPowerPointByTheThirdGroupsMay5,2013

1.Howtodesigntheformat2.Howtodrawupthetitle3.Howtowritethecontents4.WhatshouldpayattentiontoHowtodesigntheformat1.EveryslideinaPPTshoulduseatemplate2.Thesizeandlocationofapictureshouldbearrangedreasonable3.Apresentationaboutspechandintroductionnottoolong4.Logicalandclear,orderly5.Highlightthekeycontents,youcanusethedifferentcolorsandfontColourandTemplate-BadUsingafontcolourthatdoesnotcontrastwiththebackgroundcolourishardtoreadUsingcolourfordecorationisdistractingandannoying.UsingadifferentcolourforeachpointisunnecessaryUsingadifferentcolourforsecondarypointsisalsounnecessaryTryingto

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bebadFonts-BadIfyouuseasmallfont,youraudiencewon’tbeabletoreadwhatyouhavewrittenCAPITALIZEONLYWHENNECESSARY.ITISDIFFICULTTOREADDon’tuseacomplicatedfontonlywhenitreallyneedBackground–BadAvoidbackgroundsthataredistractingordifficulttoreadfromAlwaysbeconsistentwiththebackgroundthatyouuseSlideStructure–GoodUse1-2slidesperminuteofyourpresentationWriteinpointform,notcompletesentencesInclude4-5pointsperslideAvoidwordiness:usekeywordsandphrasesonlybackHowtodrawupthetitleEachslidetitletonomorethan10wordsasfaraspossible,coverthepageTitlealinewritten,donotwrapthereturn,theaudienceeyestoenter,increasethecognitiveloadbackHowtowritethecontentskeepinmindthePPTpresentationisjusttosupportyouspeach,itshouldbebriefletyouraudiencethinkaboutwhatyousaidornotshownonitEachpointusingthesamesyntaxissymmetrical,easiertounderstandTrynotcolorfulbackground.youshouldcontrastcolorandwordsWordsandPicture-BadPictureandWords-Bad1.MapyourmindIfyoudon’tknowwheretobeginyourPowerPointpresentationwriting,youcanusethisMindMappingtechnique.Basicallyitworkslikethis:startwiththe“core”word,thenthinkrationallyalistofdifferentkeywordsrelatingtothe“core”word,andseewhereitleadsyou.Amindmapcannotonlyhelpyouseewheretobegin,butalsorealizewhatismissing.2.PayattentiontotextdesignFormostPowerPointfiles,textisthemostimportantpartwhichcarriesthemostinformation.WhetheryourPowerPointpresentationgetstheeffectyouexpectdependsonhowdoyourformatPowerPointtext.Focusonthesesimpledesignbasicstoavoidthetemptationtodressupyourpageswithcheesyeffects:Useasansseriffontforbodytext.SansserifslikeArial,Helvetica,orCalibritendtobetheeasiesttoreadonscreens.Usedecorativefontsonlyforslideheaders.Decorativefonts–calligraphy,Germanblackface,futuristic,psychotichandwriting,flowers,artnouveau,etc.–arehardtoreadandshouldbereservedonlyforlargeheadlinesatthetopofthepage.Putdarktextonalightbackground.AbrightcontrastbetweenthetextandbackgroundwillmakeyourPowerPointslidesmorereadable.Aligntextleftorright.Lineupallyourtexttoaright-handorleft-handbaseline–itwilllookbetterandbeeasiertofollow.Keypointsonly.YoucannotwriteeverythingonthePowerPoint.Remembertowriteonlykeywords,keypoints,outlineandabriefintroductionontheslides–toavoidtherisklosingyouraudienceastheysortitallout.WhatshouldpayattentiontoUsethenotesfeatureinPowerPointtoremindyouofyourkeypoints.Alsoputyourkeypointsonindexcardsincaseyouarenotpresentingfromapositionwhereyoucanviewyourcomputerscreen.Rehearseyourpresentation.Youshouldnotonlyknowwhatgoeswitheachslide,butwhatiscomingup.Knowexactlywhentochangetothenextslide.Checktheaudiovisualsetupbeforeyourpresentation.Istheequipmentworkingproperly?Doyouknowallofitworks,especiallytheprojectorremote?Talktotheaudience,notthescreen.Donotturnaroundtolookattheslides,andneverreadfromthem.Focusontheaudienceanddonotturnyourbacktothemtolookatthescreen.Finishont