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Effective PowerPoint Presentations Key takeaways. Erin Sussman. Eight principles that make slides powerful and easy to understand. Visualize key points. Animate off-screen. Pay attention to design. Effective slides. Animate complex slides. Avoid paragraphs of text.
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Effective PowerPoint PresentationsKey takeaways Erin Sussman
Eight principles that make slides powerful and easy to understand Visualize key points Animate off-screen Pay attention to design Effective slides Animate complex slides Avoid paragraphs of text Highlight key information Make font legible Remove jargon
5 design steps 1 Who is your audience? Who is my audience? How familiar are they with our work? 2 What is your objective? What is our overall goal? Is it to inform? To recommend action? 3 What is your message? What is the key message I want the viewer to take away? What is my slide’s action title? 4 What is the best evidence What data provides the best evidence to support my key message? 5 Design the slide What layout or design best displays my information? How should I lay out my slide?
PC Keyboard shortcuts Control + S = Save Control + T = Opens font window Control + U = Underline Control + V = Paste Control + W = Close window Control + X = Cut Control + Y = Repeat the last function Control + Z = Undo last step Control + A = Select all Control + B = Bold Control + C = Copy Control + D = Duplicate highlighted object Control + E = Center justify text Control + F = Find (word) Control + G = Group Control + H = Replace Control + I = Italics Control + J = Justifies text Control + K = Insert Hyperlink Control + L = Left justify text Control + M = New native(non-Wizard) PowerPoint slide Alt + R + R + T = Brings object to front Alt + R + R + K = Sends object to back Shift + F3 = Changes selection from lower case, upper case, sentence case In address window of browser, type in only a domain name, e.g. Amazon, then hit Control + EnterControl + Enter fills in: http://www. - .com Control + Shift + Drag mouse = Duplicate object and maintain alignment Control + Shift + D = Create an exact copy of slide Control + Shift + G = Ungroup Control + Shift + M = Creates a new blank Bain slide Control + Shift + P + Use up/down arrowkeys = Change text point size Control + [ = Decrease font size Control + ] = Increase font size Control + Shift + + = Change to/from text superscript Alt + Control + Shift+ > = Superscript Alt + Control+ Shift + < = Subscript Control + N = New native(non-Wizard) PowerPoint presentation Control + O = Open file Control + P = Print Control + Q = Quit application Control + R = Right justify text