The Do’s and Dont’s of PowerPointBy Gabbi Sashkin

Bad Example: Bullet Point• Too MUCH INFORMATION AND THE TEXT

IS ALL IN CAPS Text is adjusted to the right rather than center

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Summer time, vacation jhfdlhgfljdsgflewgkrfgewhgefwhgewjkewfjefwhjefefkl

Good Example: Bullets Text is simple. No caps. Adjusted left Rule of 4

Bad Example: BackgroundCan’t see words against background.Image doesn’t correspond with key ideas.distracting

Good Example: Background Background is simple. Contrast between words and

background.

Bad Example: Contrast and Color Not enough contrast between words and

background. Color is too bright and distracting.

Good Example: Color and Contrast Words are easy to read against the

background color. Color is not distracting.

Bad Example: Graphics

Good Example: Graphics Graphics relate to a topic Few pictures

Bad Example: Rule of 4 Here is a list of

colors: Blue Green Orange Yellow Purple Pink Brown Teal Maroon

Here are more colors: Indigo Violet Mint Coral Sapphire Navy Silver Gold Burgundy

Good Example: Rule of 4 Shades of Blue:

Sky Blue Sapphire Blue Navy Blue Royal Blue

Shades of Green: Apple Green Lime Sea Green Teal

Bad Example: Proximity Here is a picture of an apple tree:

Good Example: Proximity Here is a picture of an apple tree

Bad Example: Fonts I am writing this in Century Gothic, but it

will now switch to Arial for no reason. But wait, what is this, now we are in Baskerville. I don’t think Times New Roman would like that very much. Now Comic, Sans wants in on the fun, this is madness. Way too many fonts for one slide, coming from Lucida Handwriting.

Good Example: Fonts The same should be used on all slides

unless emphasizing a specific point that needs to stand out from the rest of the slide.

Bad Example: Perceptual Differences Emphasis isn’t used properly, if used

on every single word.

Also, underline should not be used on PowerPoint because it cuts off the bottoms of letters such as, g, p, j, and y.

Good Example: Perceptual Differences If something is important, it should be

put in bold, italicized, or into a different color.

The more important, the more

prominent the difference between text should be.