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PowerPoint Tips and Tricks Waking Up From “PowerPoint-Induced Sleep:” Effective Use of PowerPoint for Teaching Format/ General Format/ Colors Format/ Text Type Sizes Fonts Emphasis Effects Graphics/ Visuals Format/ General Avoid overused templates Format/ General Place content in the middle of slides Format/ General Use bullet points: no complete sentences -Start each bullet point with the same grammatical pattern to convey a sense of style and to establish a dynamic Format/ General Use external and internal links To demonstrate the content of your presentation To break the linearity of PowerPoint Format/ General Include a conclusions slide To provide reinforcement through summary Format/ Colors Select colors with high contrast Consider people with color blindness and low-vision No red on black or vice versa Format/ Colors Light type on dark background Format/ Colors Black type on yellow background Format/ Colors Do not use hot colors for background Format/ Text 7 lines per slide (including title) 7 words per line Type Sizes 54 point for titles 32 point for text 24 point is difficult to read 16 point is impossible to read and should not be used Fonts Use San Serif Fonts to convey ease of reading: Arial Rounded MT Bold AvantGarde Md Bt Helvetica Zurich BT Do not use fonts that have “little feet.” Do not use narrow fonts Fonts Different computers have different fonts loaded on them This may affect the look of your presentation Emphasis Avoid ALL CAPS Use color to highlight Use italics rather than underlining Underlining runs into some letters that go below the line Looks like a hyperlink Effects All effects should have a purpose Do not overuse animation effects Animation creates a secondary focus that competes with content Effects No moving text No sound effects Use appear and dim effects for bullet points Graphics/ Visuals Charts, graphs, tables Photos with permission of subjects, copyright holders Royalty free clip art WordArt and pop-ou