EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT

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1.) Use a single template for a single presentation. Do not use multiple template design in a single slide. Consistency

is the key to a good PowerPoint presentation.

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template with a decent colored background. Too many bright or glossy slides do not give a professional look. Choose colors that would appeals to the eyes.

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3. Title page is very important as it creates the first impression about the whole presentation. Give a

crisp title that would describe the entire

presentation.

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4. Try to give a table of contents at the starting of the slide so that the user

knows what all is there for them.

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structured sentences. The sentence should normally not exceed more than 2 lines of the slide.

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6. Do not crowd your presentation with too much text or too much of images

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7. Give your ideas in the form of bullets or points. You

may consider giving numbering in case you are

explaining step by step procedure.

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8. When using bullets, try using only one bullet type. Presence of the same bullet types will maintain the flow

all throughout the slide.

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9. Your presentation should not only be in the form texts. Convey your ideas with the help of pictures, flowcharts,

audio, video, etc.

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10. The Heading should have a larger font than the Text.

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11. Choose only one main heading per page.

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12. Avoid using more than two font styles. However,

you may use variations such as bold, italic, underline.

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convey your ideas without using text. Flooding your slides with unnecessary

images would be of no good.

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14. For images, using the Picture Tools tab is

beneficial. Use the various selections from the Picture

Shape, Picture Border and Picture

Effect menus to improvise further on the images.

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15. Using Audio and Video is good to keep up the audience’s interest.

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16. Flowcharts can be really helpful when you try to

replace them with texts that have subtopics/ points in a

flow.

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17. Keep the simplest transition for your slides. Your motive is to keep the

audience focused on what is all written in the slides.

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explanation in the presentation. PPT is for the purpose of presenting the most important key points. Explanation should be done while communicating with

the audience.

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19. Always keep the last slide as a scope for

discussions questions.

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20. Think from the audience’s perspective.