The document provides basic guidelines for creating effective PowerPoint presentations. It recommends using dark text on light backgrounds for paper presentations and light text on dark backgrounds for projected slides. It emphasizes keeping backgrounds consistent, focusing on information over style, left-justifying bullet points for readability, placing graphics off-center to allow more text, avoiding all caps text and using fonts consistently. Too much text or information on slides should be avoided as it is difficult for audiences to follow.
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