This document provides tips for enhancing PowerPoint presentations. It recommends using SmartArt graphics and animations to capture and emphasize key ideas and information. Main bullet points should capture main ideas, while indented bullet points provide supporting details. Animations can be added to bullet points to emphasize them during a slideshow presentation. A variety of SmartArt styles like lists, organizational charts, and matrices can be used to thoroughly cover topics.

1. Punch up your
PowerPoint
ADD SMARTART, ANIMATIONS, ETC.

2. Capture your data
Make a list
Add bullet points
 Main bullet points capture main ideas
 Indent bullet points to group supporting items to thoroughly cover your topic
PPT pro tips
 1st order bullet points should be as few words as possible
 Indented bullet points can go longer, go into more detail, if necessary
 Sometimes the best place for more words is in the speaker notes
 If your audience can remember the main heading “PPT pro tips” they should be able to recall the story
you tell in your live presentation regarding those pro tips

3. Convert to SmartArt
1. Make sure the text box
with your list is selected
2. From Home ribbon,
select Convert to SmartArt

4. Select SmartArt
1. Select a SmartArt style appropriate
for your data
2. Use More SmartArt Graphics to
see the full list of options by category

5. Use the DESIGN ribbon
Change Layouts
Change Colors
Change Styles
Edit your data
in the text box
to the left of
the SmartArt

6. SmartArt List
Make a list
• Main bullet points capture main ideas
• Indent bullet points to group supporting items to thoroughly cover your topic
Add bullet points
• 1st order bullet points should be as few words as possible
• Indented bullet points can go longer, go into more detail, if necessary
• Sometimes the best place for more words is in the speaker notes
• If your audience can remember the main heading “PPT pro tips” they should be able to recall the
story you tell in your live presentation regarding those pro tips
PPT pro tips

7. SmartArt Org Chart (Hierarchy)
Bob
Sally
Shruti
Scott
Dana
Janet
Ahmad
Jane
Steven Doug Carol
Bill
Chandra
Richard
Kelley Olivia
Joe
Peter
Abhishek

8. SmartArt
Matrix
•OPPORTUNITIES
•x
•x
•x
•THREATS
•x
•x
•x
•WEAKNESSES
•x
•x
•x
•STRENGTHS
•Influence Resolution
•Lead Teams
•Align Stakeholders
S W
OT
S
•STRENGTHS
•Influence
Resolution
•Lead Teams
•Align Stakeholders
W
•WEAKNESSES
•x
•x
•x
O
•OPPORTUNITIES
•x
•x
•x
T
•THREATS
•x
•x
•x

9. SmartArt
Cycle
INFLUENCE
• Resolution
ALIGN
• Stakeholders
LEAD
• Teams
INFLUENCE
• Resolution
ALIGN
• Stakeholders
LEAD
• Teams

10. Animation
Add bullets to your list
Select Animations ribbon

11. Animation

12. Animation
Add bullets to your list
Select Animations ribbon
Highlight the first bullet that you would like to animate
Apply animations for each bullet as you would like it to
 Enter the SlideShow
 Be emphasized during the SlideShow
 Exit the SlideShow
You can create additional text boxes, shapes, clipart, etc. and apply animations to those
As you apply animations you will see them numbered in the order they will occur in SlideShow