The document provides guidelines for creating effective PowerPoint presentations, including: - Designing slides for clarity and simplicity, balancing text and visuals, and grabbing audience attention. - Choosing consistent templates and backgrounds that support readability and do not distract from content. - Using fonts, formatting, colors and visuals like images and graphs to emphasize key points and aid recall. - Incorporating visuals strategically to enhance understanding when they clearly support the content.

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21. ALL HUMAN SITUATIONS HAVE THEIR INCONVENIENCES. WE FEEL THOSE OF THE PRESENT BUT NEITHER SEE NOR FEEL THOSE OF THE FUTURE; AND HENCE WE OFTEN MAKE TROUBLESOME CHANGES WITHOUT AMENDMENT, AND FREQUENTLY FOR THE WORSE. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

22. All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin

25. All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin franklin Sans-Serif Script Serif

33. All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin

34. All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin

35. All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin

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