Creating a good keynote slideshow is easy if you follow a few simple tips. Here are some examples.

1. Unlocking the secrets to
AWESOME
Keynote Presentations
(Some of these should be familiar)

3. Do
Keep it simple -
Have NO more than 3
sentences per line and
NO more than 5
lines per slide.

4. Don’t
Have too many words or graphics. It’s not meant to be
an essay. If you are recording your voice you don’t
need people to read everything word for word. Ask
yourself,“What’s important?” “Do I really need to have
everything up on the screen?” “Is this really interesting
for the viewer?”

5. that are easy to read.
Arial TimesGils Sans Verdana
Use the fonts
Do

6. Don’t
Use fonts that are too small or
a size for the body
that is bigger than
the title.

7. Don’t Use Fonts that are
too hard to read
Don’t use fonts that are too hard to read
Don’t Use Fonts that are too
hard to read
(Don’t use fonts that are too hard to read.)

8. Do
Use plenty of ‘white’ or
empty space with images
as this helps keep the
viewer interested.

9. Don’t
Have lots of small images
on the slide...unless

10. Don’t
Have lots of small images
on the slide...unless

11. you want to emphasise something.

12. Do
Use images
that are as big
as you can
get.
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14. You can always make them
smaller!

15. Don’t
Take a small image

16. Don’t
and make it big.
It becomes pixelated
and looks rubbish.

17. Do
Use animations
or transition
that add to
your message,
mood or topic.

18. It can really
engage the
viewer.

19. Don’t
Use effects that
have no meaning. Use effects that
look annoying.
Use effects that
take too long.
Use more than one
effect on a slide.

20. Do
Use theme
Use contrasting colours
Use no more than colours per slide
1
2

21. Light text on dark background

22. Dark text on light background

23. Don’t
Create
a
rainbow
with heaps of
colours
per
slide.
It
doesn’t
m
ake
for good
viewing
at
all!