Tips in

Preparing Powerpoint
Presentations

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

 • Use landscape
oriented slides
• Use text sparingly
• Maximum of six points per
slide and six words per point

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

 • Use bullets
• Maintain consistent font style/ size;
use the largest possible
• Don’t abbreviate words or use capital
letters

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

 • Introduce the visual aid at the
time it’s needed, then remove it.

• Show picture/ illustration first

before the text.

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

Using Graphics
100

• Use photos when talking about 80

people 60
East
• Use charts and graphs when 40
West
talking about numbers 20
North
• Use the drawing tools to create 0
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
boxes, arrows etc. Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

 • Emphasize important words with a contrasting color

HEADING
Body text body text body text body text body
text body text body text body body text body

• Leave ample margins on sides

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

Specific Tips in Designing
• Less is more
• Use pre-selected color schemes
• Use master slides
• Use a standing element
• Sound, graphics, animation
and other elements should reinforce
content

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills

 Overall Principle

Form follows
function

Communication and Oral Presentation Skills