1. Designing a Presentation Unit 4 Lesson 2

2. Presentation Why Who is the audience What material will enhance the presentation When and how much time Where will the presentation be How will you deliver – live, self-running, or online

3. Presentation Use a consistent color scheme and limit the number of colors per slide to four or five Choose background colors, fonts, and font colors that work well together As a rule use dark colors for backgrounds and bright colors for text Incorporate appropriate graphics that support the topic

4. Presentation Use no more than six lines per slide and six words per line for improved readability and immediate impact Limit each slide to one topic, use transitions and animations appropriately Three ways to create a PowerPoint AutoContent wizard Design Template Blank presentation

5. Create a Presentation Using a Design Template Design templates have preprogrammed format available – color, background, fonts, bullets Helps in creating a professional and polished presentation Can be applied to one or more slides on a presentation while creating or on an existing presentation Can use more than one design on a template

6. Presentation Using a Design Template Be careful to maintain consistency throughout the presentation Design templates can be previewed in the Slide Design task pane (Format - Slide Design) Three choices are available on a design template Apply to all slides Apply to selected slides Show large preview

7. Customize a Design Template and Slide Layout Design template can be customized by changing the slides layout, and color scheme Slide Layout: a combination of placeholders for text or objects (graphics) select Format menu – slide layout One-column text, two-column text Text on left, clip art on right Slide Layout can be found on the Slide Layout task pane

8. Customize a Design Template Color scheme: eight colors used customize the background, fonts, hyperlinks There are nine preset color scheme Color schemes can be customized by editing the colors (Format menu – slide design – color scheme – edit color) Customized color schemes can be saved with a new name On a slide the font size, bullet style, or color of an object can be changed

9. Create a Presentation from a Blank Presentation The quickest way to create a presentation is to use a blank slide (“starting from scratch”) Text will appear in black text on a white background Allows for customization and formatting

10. Import Text from Word to Create a Presentation Can import a Word outline Easiest format because it has styles or Word document Based on level styles To import: in the Open dialog box select All Outlines or All Files in the Files of Type and select the appropriate file