Improve your PowerPoint presentations and tame those wild slides with 20 tips and tricks.

1. SLIDES
& 20 tipsfor tamingthem

2. 1
Content comes
before slides

3. 2
Think like a
minimalist

4. 3
Be consistent
with the look of
your slides

5. 4
Stay clear of
PowerPoint
templates

6. 5
Stick to one
idea per slide

7. 6
Tell a story with
your slides

8. 7
Use a colour
scheme

9. 8
Choose striking,
high-resolution
images

10. 9
Source images
from stock
libraries or
DIY

11. S Serif ans Serif
(with feet) (without feet)
10
Choose a
sans serif
font

12. 11
Use a minimum
of 30 point font
size

13. 12
Avoid too much
text on slides

14. 13
Don’t treat slides
as a teleprompt

15. 14
Slides should
never double as a
handout

16. 15
Use PowerPoint
animations
sparingly

17. 16
Use gridlines and
guides for
alignment

18. 17
Don’t reinvent the
wheel, be
inspired by great
designs

19. 18
Work hard on
your slides

20. 19
Lots of tweaking
will give you a
polished end
product

21. Photograph
courtesy
of
Fairfax
Media
–
Craig
Abraham
20
And remember…
it’s OK to break
the rules

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