Business KeyboardingSanford Middle School

Brainstorm• Start by brainstorming

What’s the purpose?

–Who’s the audience?

Backgrounds

Use a background that fits your purpose and is easy for the audience to view.

Backgrounds

Use the same background throughout

Different backgrounds disrupt the flow

Backgrounds

Avoid Red or Brown Hard to read the words

Fonts

Easy to read fonts Arial Comic Sans

Avoid hard to read fonts Scripts Haettenschweiler

Font size should be 18+ Small fonts are hard to read (14 point)

Titles may be fancy

Text

Limit italics and ALL CAPS Use shades of yellow or white on a

dark background

Spell check! Typos and misspelled words can

distract

Rule of Six

Avoid too much information

Six lines per slide Six words per line

Can be flexible

Avoid complete sentences unless doing a story

Graphics

Choose appropriate graphics for task

Keeps the audience’s attention

Graphics

A slideshow with no graphics at all can be very boring…. but

Graphics Don’t

overcrowd the page with graphics

Too distracting

Animation Use some animation

Adds interest

Don’t over animate Avoid too many sounds Avoid different effects

on each slide

Animation

People quickly get tired of too much!

Transition

Adds interest

Changing slides May be same throughout May change with each slide

Presentation

Type of presentation

Oral

Written

Oral Presentation

Don’t read the slides word for word…very boring!

Slides should be an outlineAdd extra details

as you present

Oral Presentation

Make yourself a copy of the presentation

Face your audience – not the screen

Make eye contact

PRACTICE!

Written Presentation

Timing your slideshow (too much vs. too little)

Looping your slideshow

Good Luck!!!