Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ghid Pentru Powerpoint
Ghid Pentru Powerpoint
Tips to be Covered
Outlines
Slide Structure
Fonts
Colour
Background
Graphs
Conclusions
Questions
Outline
Make your 1st or 2nd slide an outline of
your presentation
Ex: previous slide
presentation
Write in point form, not complete
sentences
Include 4-5 points per slide
Avoid wordiness: use key words and
phrases only
use
Fonts - Good
o Use at least an 18-point font
o Use different size fonts for main points
Roman or Arial
Fonts - Bad
If you use a small font, your audience wont be able to read what you have written
DIFFICULT TO READ
Dont use a complicated font
Colour - Good
o Use a colour of font that contrasts sharply
structure
o Ex: light blue title and dark blue text
Colour - Bad
Using a font colour that does not contrast with the
Background - Good
o Use backgrounds such as this one that are
Background Bad
Avoid backgrounds that are distracting or difficult to read
from
Always be consistent with the background that you use
Graphs - Good
o Use graphs rather than just charts and
words
Data in graphs is easier to comprehend &
Graphs - Bad
January February
Blue Balls
20.4
27.4
Red Balls
30.6
38.6
March
90
34.6
April
20.4
31.6
Graphs - Good
Items Sold in First Quarter of 2002
100
90
80
70
60
Blue Balls
50
Red Balls
40
30
20
10
0
January
February
March
April
Graphs - Bad
100
90
90
80
70
60
Blue Balls
50
Red Balls
38.6
40
34.6
31.6
30.6
27.4
30
20.4
20.4
20
10
0
January
February
March
April
Graphs - Bad
o Minor gridlines are unnecessary
o Font is too small
o Colours are illogical
o Title is missing
o Shading is distracting
Conclusion
o Use a conclusion slide to:
Summarize the main points of your
presentation
Suggest future avenues of research
Questions??
o End your presentation with a simple