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Handout - Presentations Layouting Showmanship

Use templates and slide masters to provide design consistency. Choose easy to read fonts like Arial or Times New Roman in sizes between 32-44 points. Limit colors to 2-3 per slide and use contrasting colors for background and font. Include no more than 6 bullet points with 6 words or less per item and follow the 6x6 rule. Use tables, diagrams or charts instead of raw data and limit numbers to 35 per slide. Add graphics only when needed and use .jpg/.gif formats. Apply minimal animation and transitions to avoid distraction.

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Handout - Presentations Layouting Showmanship

Use templates and slide masters to provide design consistency. Choose easy to read fonts like Arial or Times New Roman in sizes between 32-44 points. Limit colors to 2-3 per slide and use contrasting colors for background and font. Include no more than 6 bullet points with 6 words or less per item and follow the 6x6 rule. Use tables, diagrams or charts instead of raw data and limit numbers to 35 per slide. Add graphics only when needed and use .jpg/.gif formats. Apply minimal animation and transitions to avoid distraction.

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PRESENTATION (Impress/PowerPoint)

A. Use a template or a Slide Master


It provides design consistency and a continuous effect on the
presentation.
□ It unifies font and color scheme.
□ It provides a theme and ties together the presentation.
□ It allows focus on the message being delivered.

B. Fonts
□ Choose a font that is easy to read. The best font styles are arial
and Tahoma from the Sans Serif family and Times New Roman
and New Century Schoolbook from the Serif family. You could,
however, experiment with font type that would suit your
presentation. Stick with one to two types of fonts all through the
presentation generally, title are 38-44 in size.
□ While subtopics and bullet points are 32 in size. There should be no
font less than 2-4 in size.
□ Avoid curvy or too much art in a font, this could hamper readability
□ Do not use ALL CAPS in the body of a slide, it makes text difficult
to read.
□ Use italics for quotes or to high light thoughts or ideas.

C. Colors
□ Use colors that are appropriate for the topic.
□ Use contrasting colors for the slide background and font.
□ Limit the use of colors to prevent cluttered effect, two to three
colors in a slide will do.
□ Having a dark background screen reduces glare.

D. Text
□ Use bullet points instead of full sentences and paragraphs. Avoid
too much text enhance your presentation skills by keeping the
focus on you and your explanation.
□ Follow the 6 x 6 rule as much as possible: no more than six objects
per slide with no more than six words per item; six words per line
and six lines per slide.
□ Bullet points should only be two lines at most
□ If you use several lines in your bullet points, limit the bulleted list to
about three or four in a slide.

E. Numbers
□ Do not use too much raw data on screen –use tables, diagrams or
charts.
□ Use a maximum of 35 numbers only per slide

F. Graphics and Other Objects


□ Use graphics and other objects only when needed
□ Use .jpg and .gif format for cliparts and pictures for smaller file size.
□ Observe the rule of thirds.

G. Animation and Transition


□ Use minimal transition and animation to avoid distraction.
□ Use minimal, simple and appropriate sound effects, if absolutely
necessary.

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