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7 PowerPoint Sins
But I have this small narrow space and I really wanted to
Sin #1 – Stretching Images
include a picture of a very angry person yelling into their phone to off show their frustration.
It is pretty much never ok to stretch an image.
Sin #2 – Too Much Information
Don’t do this: Do this:
Sin #3 – Irrelevant Information
Ask yourself:
“What is the minimum information I need to include?”
Sin #4 – Poorly designed imagery
Think about what visuals you want to use and why.
Hit the web for inspiration.
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Sin #5 – Animation
If you have to resort to cheesy slide transitions and slide animation, you’ve already lost.
Sin #6 – Poor Formatting
Formatting matters.
It’s your first chance to make an impression.
I’m obviously incompetent as I can’t use the same font on a page
I just don’t think the presentation matters – it’s my awesome content that everyone will be looking at.
People that obsess about this kind of thing clearly have a problem.
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Fullstops and other grammaticalical stuff like speling are totes opptional
Sin #7 – ClipartHow cool are these images? Uncool.
Banish clipart from your presentations.
Bonus tip – Adjust Page SetupMost monitors are widescreen (16:9 aspect) these days, yet PowerPoints default view is still 4:3 aspect.
Get rid of the dead space on the side of your presentations.
> Go to the ‘Design’ tab and select ‘Page Setup’ and change to On-screen Show (16:9)