PowerPoint Rules of Design

GCIT

Contents

Title & ending slide Text formatting Short statements Photos Visual appeal Animations Transitions

Title & Ending Slide

Should be same

Title of topic– Short

Your name

Copy to end

Text Formatting

Title of Slide– Summarize slide– 1st letter of each word in CAPS!– Single Line

Font– Consistent– Readable

1st letter in each bullet CAPITAL!– Only names, etc should be capital elsewhere

Text Formatting Example- Bad

Text Formatting Example- Good

Text Formatting Example

Visual Appeal

Margin spacing

Text spaced apart– Not too much text either

Pictures lined up– And same size

Visual Appeal- Fill It Up

Before Spacing Out

After Spacing Out

Use Short Statements

Not too many bullets per slide Less than 7 words per bullet No punctuation

– If so, you need a sub-bullet

Sub-bullets– Have to do with main bullet above

Make the next slide shorter

Hot Dog Fest

Hot Dog Fest is held every March 16th at GCIT. It used to be held at GCC, but it outgrew its birthplace in 2005. The Fest is held “rain or shine” and is the self-proclaimed “World’s Largest Hot Dog Fest.” Oscar Mayer hot dogs are sold for $1, the same price they have been sold for there, since 1983. Soda, hamburgers, and Soy dogs are also for sale.

Hot Dog Fest

Every March 16th

GCIT

Rain or Shine

$1 hot dogs since 1983

Photos

Use related pictures Similar sizes Not too many/busy

– Keep it organized Remember the margins

– Not touching bottom or sides Resize text box Spread apart from text

Bad Photo Organization

Photo Alignment- Good Example

No more than 2 pictures with text

Realign text box AFTER pictures are in

Resize pictures

Even them out

The End

No, No, No

PowerPoint Rules of Design

Title & Ending Slide the Same