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TIP #1: FONT

Do not use a font size smaller than 24
point
Some font will be too small for your audience to read (14pt)

Some may be too

big!(54pt)

TIP #2: LEGIBILITY

Use font that is quickly and easily read
GOOD EXAMPLES

Avenir Medium

Georgia

PT Sans Caption

Rockwell

BAD EXAMPLES

Curlz MT
Mantura MT
Script Capitals
Lucida
Blackletter
Desdemona

TIP #3: TRANSITIONS

Be careful
with too
Three types
much
of
motion in
transitions
the slide
Intro
During slide
Very
Exiting
Use very basic approaches
distracting

One big transition can state importance

Too many transitions take away from the
presentation

TIP #4: IMPORTANCE

Use larger fonts to indicate importance.
Not too many words
EX: Sally goes to the beach every summer with
her family and always collects seashells. Sally
collected five shells, her dad collected three
shells, her mom collected six shells, and her
little brother collected two shells. How many
shells did Sally and her family collect?

TIP #5: SPELLING AND GRAMMAR

Make sure:

All words are

spelt correctly.
Everything is
grammatically
correct

Examples:
there their and
theyre
clothes vs. cloths
Lets eat Grandma
vs. Lets eat,
Grandma

TIP #6: PICTURES ex: If presentation is

USE QUALITY
C L I PA RT

Use pictures that go

with your topic
Use quality clipart
Make all pictures the
same size

about the getting to

events on time

TIP #7: AMOUNT OF INFORMATION

Use 6X6 rule
One thought per line with no more than six
words per line
No more than six lines per slide
Do not overfill slide with information
and read right off page.