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Design of PowerPoint Slides
The Purpose … The Point
Support & Ease Understanding
OF YOUR AUDIENCE
Williams Design for Non Designers
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity
Contrast
If they are different… Make em different
Font – BIG difference
Color
Location
A background fill makes it hard to read
Dark on dark makes it hard to read
Light on light makes it hard to read
Dark text on a light background or light text on a dark background is the best way to go
Use Contrast – Big Contrast in text to draw attention
Font size
Color
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2.
Exercise• Three times a week is the minimum
• At least 30 minutes a day
• Doesn’t work if you pay other people to do it
•If you work out, I’ll give you a rubber duckie
•The inki dinki spiderspider crawled where?
What do you remember?
Repetition
Differences stand outDouble edged sword
– Graphic Elements– Placement– Font choices– Animation– Color Now let’s talk about Now let’s talk about
something differentsomething different
Alignment
It doesn’t have to be left aligned
Using alignment can help with lots of information
Alignment gives visual cues to meaning
Proximity
Don’t sit down to write and designStoryboardWhen delivering, face the frontUse standard fonts when travelingPictures lightened can be a backgroundKeep the lights onCheck the room beforeWrite your ideas out fist
Proximity
When delivering, face the frontKeep the lights onCheck the room before
Don’t sit down to write and designStoryboardWrite your ideas out first
Use standard fonts when traveling
Pictures lightened can be a background
Mr. Steve’s No Nos
• Busy backgrounds• Unnecessary effects• Too much text
– Remember that slides are free– Rule of 4
• Tiny text – 24 usual min• Reading slides
Power of the Medium
• Color
• Motion
• Interactivity
• Photos
• Focus attention
Weaknesses of the medium
• Text
• Hard to skip around and customize
• Easy to get lost in options
Pyramid of Power
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