Design the

KnowMore way
Design the KnowMore way

We do our best to
We apply understand client´s slides
basic design before designing and we never
principles 2 3 delete or change content

We design We learn and

within the rules improve
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of clients´ continuously
guidelines

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We design within the rules

of clients´ guidelines

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Designing according to guidelines will make everybody happy

Yourself Admin Client

You can design The admins check if The clients like their
faster based on your design follows guidelines because
rules and avoid the guidelines. If your they give them
rework of slides design is according to consistency so
the guidelines you will they can present
get a good rating themselves
professionally

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All clients have a minimum number of guidelines you must follow

Slide frame Bullet points style and settings

TITLES
Layouts to use Subtitles Titles, Subtitles and Headings
Headings

A a Font type and size Box styles

Page numbers, notes and

Colors # sources

#
Textbox margins #
# Chart formatting

and more ...

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Working hours (hours to be paid to designer) in the project include time to study the guidelines.
Therefore studying guidelines is core part of working on projects.

Let´s take a look at short guidelines example.

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Title, subtitle, action title

formatting
(Font size, type, colors)

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Sticker, tracker placement and

formatting

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Slide frame

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Heading, subheading, content

box formatting

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

General text formatting rules

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Bullet point formatting

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Textbox margins settings

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Colour usage

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Graph formatting

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Table formatting

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Icon style

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Some guidelines are more complex than others but we are always responsible for
their correct implementation

You must study guidelines very carefully for good project outcome. Implementing guidelines is big
part of your rating.

Footer format and slide number

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Study the guidelines before you begin designing to avoid rework

Scenario 1
Key takeaway
1 2 3
Designer Designer Admin
studies makes great approves
guidelines looking slides slides and
before according to designer gets
designing guidelines a 10 rating

Scenario 2

1 3 Admin
5 You will have a
Admin
Designer
declines and
approves higher effective
informs
designs
designer to
slides and hourly salary and
right away designer gets
follow the
guidelines
a 6 rating better rating when
2 4
you study the
Designer
applies the guidelines before
Designer
makes great
guidelines and
submits again
starting to design
looking slides
after the
deadline

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 Remember to be creative within
guidelines
Many designers fail because they focus on making very
creative slides but they are not following the client´s style
and guidelines
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We apply
basic design principles

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Basic design principles you’re expected to know and follow

Alignment Spacing
Alignment is Negative space is Key takeaway
placement of the area around
elements according your elements. It
to invisible lines gives the eye a
place to rest

The basic design

Basic design principles need to
principles be followed on top
of guidelines as a
Consistency Focus
Consistency makes Some elements minimum
slides look are more important requirement for a
professional and than others and project to be
allows the should be treated
audience to focus as such approved
on the actual
content

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Alignment makes everything fall in line

Do
Key takeaway

Always check
Don’t alignment before
you submit your
slides
- admins or clients
notice mistakes
right away

Misalignment

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Proper spacing makes the slide look harmonious

Do
Always follow Key takeaway
Keep spacing between your guidelines for
elements textbox
margins

Bring the slide to

Don’t presentation
mode and see if
D ’t st al th a gi a d c a p th No spacing No spacing the spacing makes
slide the slide pleasant
for the eye.

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If the slides are not consistent, the design does not matter

Do
Key takeaway
The is a circle The is a square The is a triangle

LOGO LOGO LOGO When you are about

to submit your slides,
bring your PPT to
Don’t Title misplaced Color and size is off Slide number is missing presentation mode
and flip through the
The is a circle The is a square The is a triangle slides to ensure all
elements are
displayed
consistently
throughout the deck

LOGO LOGO LOGO

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Focus: if everything is important, then nothing is

Do
Key takeaway
This is the most This is less This is less This is less
important important important important
element

Understanding and
visualizing what is
Don’t important on a slide
helps comprehension
of it
This is important This is important This is important This is important

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We do our best to
understand client´s slides before
designing and we never delete or
change content

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If the content is missing, the client will not return with more tasks

1 3

Clients spend many hours on To avoid this, doublecheck

analysis and the your content (especially
actual content 2 when copy-pasting) and use
the content checker app

If any content is missing,

the hours used on analysis are wasted
- and the client will not return

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The world’s best designed slide
is worthless if
any of the client’s content is
missing
Icons don’t just look nice – they make it easier to understand text

Key takeaway

Icons should aid the

audience in
Why Where How understanding the
Icons help the audience On slides where the Use one set/style of message faster
understand the message content benefits from icons which are – th is it’s just
faster being visually consistent from one page adding noise
summarised to the next

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Use logic and consistency to get good results when adding icons

Do
Place icons before the
text, so the icon aids Use circles if
the audience in you need to
understanding the Stick to one style of blow up the
message faster icons to keep the size of an icon
design consistent

Don’t

D ’t plac ic s aft b l
text. The reason is that it does
D ’t ix styl s
not help the audience
- stick to one line
understand faster as they have
thickness D ’t just
already read the text
blow up icons.
Big icons should
have more details

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We learn and improve

continuously

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To be successful at KnowMore platform you have to be willing to learn and
improve continuously

Becoming designer at KnowMore platform requires:

Preparation before applying. Since we design based on rules and apply many
principles that might differ from other designing jobs even more experienced
designers should go through our training materials carefully.

Once you become designer at KnowMore the learning continues. You need to
learn how to work at our platform, get used to different guidelines in different
projects and if you are newer to PowerPoint design you will also need to keep
improving your designing skills and speed.

You need to be independent in finding out solutions – search in our

resources independently to find answers, googling answers for
standard questions (such as PowerPoint functions or similar) and only
if you are not able to find the answer ask our admins.

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Resources
These are the main resources of information you need to know about and get familiar with
Help centre
Articles covering all important
topics for designers who want to
apply to work at KnowMore
platform and designers who
already work at the platform.
Practice section
Training videos and documents
created by our team so you can
easily prepare for your PowerPoint
design journey at KnowMore
All training videos we have are
published at our YouTube channel
and we are continuously adding
new ones. Going through all these
videos is one of the best
preparations you can get for
smooth start at our platform.
www.youtube.com/KnowMorePlatform
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Resources

Additionally you can join as on following social media or contact us directly at our mail

Info email

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Thank you!

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