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Improve your PowerPoint presentations and tame those wild slides with 20 tips and tricks.
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SLIDES & 20 tips for taming them
1 Content comes before slides.
2 Think like a minimalist.
3 Be consistent with
the look of your slides.
4 Stay clear of PowerPoint templates.
5 Stick to one
idea per slide.
6 Tell a story with
your slides.
7 Use a colour
scheme.
8 Choose striking, high-resolution
images.
9 Source images
from stock libraries or
DIY.
S Serif ans Serif
(with feet) (without feet)
10 Choose a sans serif
font.
11 Use a minimum of 30 point font
size.
12 Avoid too much text on slides.
13 Don’t treat slides as a teleprompt.
14 Slides should
never double as a handout.
15 Use PowerPoint
animations sparingly.
16 Use gridlines and
guides for alignment.
17 Don’t reinvent the wheel, be
inspired by great designs.
18 Work hard on your slides.
19 Lots of tweaking
will give you a polished end
product.
Photograph courtesy of Fairfax Media – Craig Abraham
20 And remember…it’s OK to break
the rules.
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