PowerPoint has new layouts that provide more options for presenting multimedia content like words, images, and media. The document then lists Mayer's principles of multimedia learning which suggest people learn better when words and pictures are presented together rather than alone, extraneous material is excluded, corresponding words and pictures are presented at the same time or near each other, animation includes spoken text rather than printed text, material is clearly outlined and organized, and a conversational style is used rather than a formal style.

1. PowerPoint has new layouts that give you more ways to present your words, images and media. Mayer’s Multimedia PrinciplesPrinciples of Multimedia Learning

2. Multimedia PrinciplePeople learn better from words and pictures than from words alone

3. Coherence Principlepeople learn better when extraneous material is excluded rather than included

4. Contiguity Principlepeople learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented at the same time or next to each other on the screen

5. Modality Principlepeople learn better from animation with spoken text than animation with printed text

6. Signaling Principlepeople learn better when the material is organized with clear outlines and headings

7. Personalization Principlepeople learn better from conversational style than formal style

8. Referenceshttp://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com/Media/MediaPrinciples.htm