Creating an Effective Presentation

1. Minimize- Keep slide counts to a minimum.

2. Clarity- Avoid being fancy by using a font style that is easy to read.

Recommended: font size of 72, 1 inch (10 ft. away), 2 inches (20 ft. away)

3. Simplicity- Use bullets or short sentences: 6 x 7 rule

4. Visuals- Use charts and graphs.

5. Consistency- Make your design uniform

6. Contrast- Use light font on dark background or vice versa.

Hyperlink- a text or object that contains a link to another file, web page, a place in a document, or an
email address.

Ways to insert hyperlinks:

1. Select an object or highlight a text.

2. Go to the Insert>Hyperlinks or use the shortcut key Ctrl+K. The Insert Hyperlink dialog box would
appear.

Link to Options:

a. Existing File or Webpage- creates a hyperlink to website or a local file saved in your hard drive.

b. Place in This Document- creates a hyperlink that allows you to jump to a specific slide in your
presentation.

c. Create a New Document- creates a hyperlink that once clicked, creates a new document on your
specified location.

d. E-mail Address- creates a hyperlink that opens Microsoft Outlook that automatically adds your
specified recipient on a new email.

3. When done, click OK to apply your hyperlink.