CREATING EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS Microsoft PowerPoint Guidelines and Tips

PowerPoint Guidelines Keep It Simple Limit Text in Slides Use Images to Summarize Key Points Make Text Legible Avoid Busy Backgrounds

Text Guidelines Highlight your presentation Bullet points  Not complete sentences 4-6 bullets per slide No large blocks of text  Audience stops listening and reads Consider showing one point at a time  Use animation  Helps the audience focus on what you are saying

Font Tips Choose two at most, nothing cursive or ornamental Minimum of 18 point, 20 to 24 is better  Titles/main points bigger than content/subpoints Stick to sans-serif fonts, for legibility  Times New Roman  Comic Sans MS  Arial

Color Tips High contrast  Dark on light, or light on dark Use color with care  Emphasize your talk Avoid extremely bright colors  Hot pink, neon orange, acid green Do not combine red/green, yellow/purple, or blue/orange

Printing Office Button>Print  Select MS 103 Print what: Handouts Slides per page: 6 Properties  Printing Shortcuts Tab  Eco-print (Two-sided printing)  OK