PowerPoint PresentationsPowerPoint Presentations

Some Things to Consider

Elisa MuresanLong Island University

Gheorghe MuresanRutgers University

Some Things to Consider

Elisa MuresanLong Island University

Gheorghe MuresanRutgers University

Tremendous variety of special effects:

• SOUND

• TEXT

• BACKGROUND

• PICTURE

IRRITATING SOUND EFFECT (1)

Sound EffectsCool Noises as Each Slide Changes(avoid by selecting “no sound” )

Noises as Animated Text Comes InMay be best to avoid sound with

They are particularly bad when the text is relatively long.

Typewriter

and Laser Text.

IRRITATING SOUND EFFECT (2)

IRRITATING TEXT EFFECTS(1)

Drop In is quite annoying with long text.

Crawling under “CustomAnimation” can be excruciating.

One can easily get away from the usual backgrounds supplied with PowerPoint.

You can make your own design templates by selecting “Slide Master” under “View.”

IRRITATING TEXT EFFECTS(2)

• Poor Choice of Font• Color Mismatch with

Background• Failure to Plan for Lighting

•Too Small….

IRRITATING TEXT EFFECTS(3)

There are fonts to choose from such as

Parisian, Stencil, and Mesquite.

Aren’t you glad that text can come in word by word with Custom Animation?

The “Font...” choice under “Format”provides several waysto make text harder toread.

Italics, , embossing, embossing, and outlining can all cause some trouble.One can play with colors

here as well, which can bring us to...

IRRITATING TEXT EFFECTS(4)

Mismatch with Background

The choice of colors can make a big difference.

Backgrounds which have both light and dark areas can be particularly troublesome.

Failure to Plan for Lighting

Check where youare going to present to see if light on dark is better than dark on light.

Check where youare going to present to see if light on dark is better than dark on light.

Now That You’ve Prepared the

Presentation, What Else Can You

Do to Make it Unbearable?• Reading the slides to people can be annoying. People will be unhappy if you have to read the slides (because the text is too small or the projector too dim).• People will be really annoyed if the slides are wonderfully legible and you read to them anyway.