2. Some people have a tendency to put every
single word they are going to say on their
slides to prevent the need to memorize their
speech; while this may seem like a good way
to get your point across it will only lead to
crowded slides that will bore your audience to
the point where they are no longer listening
to you but in fact they are most likely just
reading ahead and waiting for you to hurry up
and read faster so they can be dismissed and
get on with their daily lives that don’t involve
the likes of you or your presentation.
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4. Ofen times presenters do not proofread for
grammer errors or pay attention to there
spell chek witch can result in a lot of blaring
mistaks that will distract your audience,
exspecially your professor.
Fer realZ.
5. Avoid colorful or otherwise annoying backgrounds that will
distract from what you are saying
Especially if they involve cute and fluffy kitties- who can compete
with that?
6. Avoid bad color schemes, as they can lead to
Confusion
Headaches
Nausea
Vomiting
And a general loss of will to do anything… ever
again.
9. Yes, it is possible to add sound to your
presentation, but it should only be used when
absolutely necessary…
…like when your audience falls asleep and
you need to wake them up
…Or if you need to make up for the lack of
applause by supplying your own.
10. Avoid Excessive & Poorly Organized
Information
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PowerPoint
Seriously.
11. A lot of fancy cursive fonts are hard to read on the screen
Some fonts just don’t fit in with the theme of your
presentation.
When Fonts are too bold they can
be blocky and hard to read at any
size
ALL CAPS CAN SEEM LIKE YOU ARE YELLING!!!
But the worst mistake you can make…
13. When to use Comic Sans
By Jason Brubaker
•If on your death bed, you can’t talk and the only way you can
communicate is by texting your family with your final
words, but all your other fonts have somehow vanished.
•If your natural handwriting looks exactly like it.
•If you are printing it on a dot matrix printer. From the 80′s.
•In an email, when you need to break up with your designer
girlfriend or boyfriend, but don’t have the guts to just do it.
•If you are making a list called “When to use Comic Sans”
www.remindblog.com
14. Issue: video/audio clips won’t work
◦ Common reason: the file is not saved in the same
folder as the PowerPoint presentation
Solution: Always ensure you transfer the digital files
along with your PPT file, especially onto a flash drive
Issue: embedded videos won’t play
◦ Common reason: incorrect embedding, embedding
is disabled, or lack of internet connectivity
Solution: Always test the functionality of your
presentation before you present it; check with media
services for help with embedding media
15. Moderation
◦ 10/20 Rule
Don’t Forget-
“With great power comes great responsibility”
16. If you choose to use complete sentences, at
least separate them with bullet points.
To keep the audience focused on what you
are talking about, subtly animate the phrases
so that they come up as you are discussing
them.
17. Key Points> TV as a Mind-Numbing Medium
Key Stats > 6% of lost remotes are found in fridge
Quotes> “Television is an instrument which
can paralyze this country” –Gen. W.C. Westmoreland
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26. Sample Text
Sample Text
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Sample Text
27. Custom animation
Combining multiple slide shows
Download or embed videos from online
Auto advancing & looping slide shows
Converting presentation to a video
Editor's Notes
Just in case you were looking for one…
More than just design issues- you might encounter functionality issues as well. These are two extremely common ones-
Now that you have seen what PowerPoint is capable of, and how its powers can be abused…Let’s take a look at how we can use some of these techniques in moderation to create an effective presentation
