Business KeyboardingSanford Middle School
Brainstorm• Start by brainstorming
What’s the purpose?
–Who’s the audience?
Backgrounds
Use a background that fits your purpose and is easy for the audience to view.
Backgrounds
Use the same background throughout
Different backgrounds disrupt the flow
Backgrounds
Avoid Red or Brown Hard to read the words
Fonts
Easy to read fonts Arial Comic Sans
Avoid hard to read fonts Scripts Haettenschweiler
Font size should be 18+ Small fonts are hard to read (14 point)
Titles may be fancy
Text
Limit italics and ALL CAPS Use shades of yellow or white on a
dark background
Spell check! Typos and misspelled words can
distract
Rule of Six
Avoid too much information
Six lines per slide Six words per line
Can be flexible
Avoid complete sentences unless doing a story
Graphics
Choose appropriate graphics for task
Keeps the audience’s attention
Graphics
A slideshow with no graphics at all can be very boring…. but
Graphics Don’t
overcrowd the page with graphics
Too distracting
Animation Use some animation
Adds interest
Don’t over animate Avoid too many sounds Avoid different effects
on each slide
Animation
People quickly get tired of too much!
Transition
Adds interest
Changing slides May be same throughout May change with each slide
Presentation
Type of presentation
Oral
Written
Oral Presentation
Don’t read the slides word for word…very boring!
Slides should be an outlineAdd extra details
as you present
Oral Presentation
Make yourself a copy of the presentation
Face your audience – not the screen
Make eye contact
PRACTICE!
Written Presentation
Timing your slideshow (too much vs. too little)
Looping your slideshow