3. The Ten Commandments
I. Size really does matter
II. Use “sans serif” typeface
III. Do not overload slides
IV.Use bullets , not numbers
V. Allow plenty of room around
VI. Follow “6 x 6 x 6” rule
VII. Choose color carefully
VIII.Graphs / charts
IX. Pictures & clip arts
X. Be consistent
5. Minimum 36 point for titles
24 point for body text
This is 32 point
Title at least 1.5 times larger
45 point
40 point
35 point
30 point
25 point
20 point
15 point
10 point
Select Readable Type Size
This is 44 point
6. Use a Readable Font
Arial
Verdana
Times New Roman
Garamond
Sans serif
Serif
(no curly feet)
II.
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11. Bullets
Use Bullets, Not numbers
Bullets imply no significant order
Use numbers only to show rank or
sequence
Use the same color for all
IV.
12. Bullets
Use Bullets, Not numbers
Bullets imply no significant order
Use numbers only to show rank or
sequence
Use the same color for all
13. Bullets
Use Bullets, Not numbers
Bullets imply no significant order
Use numbers only to show rank or
sequence
Use the same color for all
14. Bullet lists - adding colour
Building bullet lists places more
emphasis on each point
Previous points can be dimmed to a
lower tone colour to carry audience
attention
Make sure all colours used remain
visible
15. Allow plenty of room around
borders and illustrations
Keep all objects atleast a mouse
pointer away from the edge
V.
16. Use the 6-6-6 rule:
6 lines of text
6 words per line
6 text pages in a row
VI.
17. Choose Color Carefully
Use the same color consistently
throughout the presentation
Use light letters on a dark background
Or dark letters on a light background
VII.
21. Use Solid Colors instead of
fill Patterns on Charts
Patterns on bars or
pie slices cause
confusion.
Solid colors convey
a clear bold
message 0
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1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Blue Red Hatch
22. Use Solid Colors instead of
fill Patterns on Charts
0
20
40
1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
Blue Red Hatch
Patterns on bars or
pie slices cause
confusion.
Solid colors convey
a clear bold
message
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A picture is worth a
thousand words, but
it uses up three
thousand
times the memory
32. Keep slides simple
Information layout
Style and size of font
Use of colours
Style of graphics
Build effects and transitions
Be consistent with:
X.
33. The Seven Deadly Sins
Slide Transitions And Sound Effects
Standard Clipart
Presentation Templates
Text-Heavy Slides
The “Me” Paradigm
Reading
Faith in Technology
34. Slide effects - Transition
SLIDE effects are like SIDE effects
The less the better
51. The key to preparing effective audiovisual aids is
to remember that they are only aids. Their role is
to add a visual dimension to the points that you
made orally. They cannot make those points for
you; they can only reinforce them. When you plan
for audiovisual aids, follow these simple
guidelines:
One research finding says that if you use a visual
aid to make your first point, you'll increase
retention rate from 15 to 40 per cent. But with
each additional visual aid that rate will
decrease….
Text heavy slides
54. You can’t stop talking
Recall: You cannot start talking until the
audience has finished reading
But: You can’t stop talking
So: You end up reading your slide to the
audience.
Which is: Really annoying