1. PowerPoint
Design Principles

2. What is PowerPoint?
PowerPoint is a multi-media presentation tool. It helps make abstract concepts concrete.
The text is an outline of the presentation
The multi-media elements enhance your presentation by appealing to the senses, emotions, and thereby the intellect.

3. The Power in PowerPoint
An effective presentation starts with good content.
That content’s effectiveness is enhanced by the elegant use of design principles.
Balance/Proportion
Uniformity/Consistency in design
Contrast
Flow

4. Good Layout and Design Balance – text and graphics
Clear relationship between text and graphics
Similar/appropriate sized graphics to balance text
Graphics need to be similar in style
Uniformity - Place text and graphics in similar locations
Graphics placed on the left helps to lead the eye to the text.
Introduce graphics and text in the same order

5. Good Layout and Design
Contrast - Choose contrasting colors for the foreground and background
This is poor contrast
This is good contrast
Flow – A slide has directionality
Left to right
Top to bottom
Graphics have direction and should face the center of the slide.

6. Place dominant elements
where lines
intersect.

8. Text Size
Projected text should be large enough to be read by all viewers (even the people in the back of the room).
This is 32 point, clearly legible.
Anything smaller (28), becomes more (24 point), and more (20 point), and more (16 point), difficult to read. When you get down to 14 point and even 12 point, it’s very difficult to read. For playback on an individual’s computer, small font is ok, but for presentations using a projector, small fonts will be lost.

9. 172 Text Size 32 point text is recommended. (This is font size 172)
24 point is a minimum for most situations.

10. Text: Upper and Lower Case
Use a combination of Upper Case and Lower Case letters.
This combination is easier to read THAN ALL UPPERCASE LETTERS.

11. Font Styles
Choose “Sans serif” fonts, such as: Arial, Comic Sans MS, Microsoft Sans Serif, Tahoma, Verdana, Trebuchet MS
“Serif” fonts, such as Times New Roman may be more difficult to read when projected or used on the web.

12. For Example . . . This is Arial, size 32.
This is Times New Roman, size 32.

13. Bullets Do not center bullet points, It makes the text ragged
And hard to read and follow with your eyes.

14. More on Bullets . . . Generally, left justify bullets.
This keeps things neat . . .
and easy to follow.

15. Contrast: Drop Shadow Text
Use of a “drop shadow” increases the contrast for text and objects.
This is without drop shadow…….
This is with a drop shadow

16. Contrast is Important For Paper For Projection
Dark text on a light background
For Projection
Light text on a semi-dark background
The eye is attracted to light

17. Backgrounds Stick with a single background
The background is the stage for information.
Set the stage and leave it alone.

18. Color
The least predictable element of a presentation’s final appearance is
COLOR
Colors will look differently when viewed with different monitors and projectors.

19. Content: Pacing Avoid overloading a slide
You wouldn’t eat a whole cake in one sitting.
Instead, find a logical break and create a new slide.

20. Too Much of a Good Thing!
One of the most common mistakes in creating a presentation is to place too much information on the screen. This can cause the reader to become distracted from the speaker Just like you are now. Audiences are much more receptive to the spoken word.

21. Using Multi-Media Elements
Photos
Sound
Graphics
Animation
Video
Hyperlinks

22. Animation
Animation
Helps focus
The reader’s
Attention!

23. Animation But too much is Toooooooooooooo MUCH And can
Be distracting!!!

24. Sound Like animation, sound can enhance Or detract
Depending on how it’s used.

25. A Picture . . .

26. . . . is worth . . .

27. . . a thousand words.
Images are Powerful!

28. Graphics
Graphics can help communicate . . .
. . . or entertain!

29. Basic Rules for Graphics
Place graphics off-center
More room for text
Better balance
More pleasing to the eye
Left placement leads the eye to text.

30. Charts Your Audience Graphs and charts help illustrate your content.
Used wisely, graphics will add power.

31. Video Video can be played within PowerPoint
Playback requires a fairly fast playback with A/V capabilities.

32. Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks can be used to launch a variety of files, including:
Documents (Word, Excel, and others)
Other PowerPoint presentations or slides in the same presentation
Web Sites and

33. Conclusion Focus on Content Appeal to the emotions and intellect
Use sound design principles
Have Fun!