1. The University PowerPoint Template
Examples and tips for an effective presentation

2. Contents Your first theme Your second theme Your third theme
This slide is optional
You might prefer to use just a new chapter slide here instead
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3. A standard slide
Only first word of slide title has initial capital letter (except proper nouns)
Don’t reduce this standard text size
No punctuation usually needed in bullet points
No more than six points per slide
For subsidiary points don’t go below this second level
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4. Slide with two columns of text
On two-column slides the text size is reduced from 32 pt to 28pt
This also applies to text-and-graphic slides
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5. Slide with text and picture
When inserted your picture will automatically fit to correct height
Crop it if you want to change its proportions
Dragging its side, top or bottom handles will distort it so don’t do this
Use images at 72 d.p.i. where possible
More information:
You can crop a picture (trim slices from the side, top or bottom) by selecting on the slide the picture that you want to crop, going to the “format” menu, selecting “picture…” and in the “picture” dialog box clicking the “picture” button. This opens the crop options. The preview button allows you to see whether the crop achieves the effect you wanted. (If you have an old version of PowerPoint these controls may be located differently - refer to the PowerPoint Help menu.)
Before importing a picture into your presentation save it in a suitable format (eg jpeg) at a resolution of 72 dots per inch if possible. This resolution keeps the size of the picture file small but still displays fine on screen – particularly important if you’re using several pictures, because half a dozen taken on a five megapixel digital camera and imported at full resolution could mean that your presentation is over 20 megabytes in size. This means it will take up unnecessary disk space, will be slow to open and run on many less powerful computers – and will be too big to .
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6. Slide with large picture
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7. Slide with large picture
Include images of the city where appropriate…
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8. Slide with background picture
Notes to this slide explain how
Use sparingly, with no or few words
Make sure text is legible on background
To add or change a slide background picture:
1. On the Format menu, click Slide Background.
2. On the pop-up menu under Background fill, click Fill Effects, and then click the Picture tab.
3. Click Select Picture, find the folder that contains the picture you want (preferably one saved at 72dpi), click the file name, click Insert, and then click OK.
4. To apply the change to the current slide, click Apply.
(If the menus in your version of PowerPoint are different, look up “background picture” in the PowerPoint Help menu.)
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9. Slide with a graph Graph is generated from a datasheet
You can customise colours on the chart by selecting from this presentation’s colour palette
More information
Double clicking the graph opens its source datasheet. To find out how to create a chart look up “create a chart” in the PowerPoint Help menu.
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10. New Chapter Slide
An alternate page to use at the start of each new chapter/section within your presentation

11. New Chapter Slide
An alternate page to use at the start of each new chapter/section within your presentation

12. A remarkable place to work.

13. Logos Please include the following logos on your presentation as appropriate.
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