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1. Keep it simple
• Complex slide designs tend to distract your audience from
your talk and keep them from understanding your message.
• White space in the slide helps the audience focus on what
you want to talk about.

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1. Keep it simple
• Complex slide designs tend to distract your audience from
your talk and keep them from understanding your message.
• White space in the slide helps the audience focus on what
you want to talk about.

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1. Keep it simple
• Complex slide designs tend to distract your audience from
your talk and keep them from understanding your message.
• White space in the slide helps the audience focus on what
you want to talk about.

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2. Limit bullet points and text
• It is not good practice to bombard your audience with lots of
text because it strains the eyes of the viewer and bores your
audience.

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2. Limit bullet points and text
• It is not good practice to bombard your audience with lots of
text because it strains the eyes of the viewer and bores your
audience.

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 2. Limit bullet points and text
• It is not good practice to bombard your audience with lots of
text because it strains the eyes of the viewer and bores your
audience.

• Over 38% of social media users in the world

are using Facebook.
• Over 32% of social media users in the world
are using Twitter.
• The latter of the social media apps users uses
various other social media application.

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3. Limit transition and builds (Animations)
• Use appropriate animations for text especially in bullet
points.
• Swipe Left/ Right is enough for bullet points.

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3. Limit transition and builds (Animations)
• Use appropriate animations for text especially in bullet
points.
• Swipe Left/ Right is enough for bullet points.

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4. Use high-quality graphics
• The photographs may be taken by using high quality
camera, purchased stock images, or taken form online
sources.
• Avoid stretching low-resolution images as doing so will
degrade the resolution even more.

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5. Have a visual theme, but avoid using PPT
template
• It is essential to create a theme to give your presentation a
sense of unity and consistency.
• You can also download templates online .

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5. Have a visual theme, but avoid using PPT
template
• It is essential to create a theme to give your presentation a
sense of unity and consistency.
• You can also download templates online .

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6. Use color well
• Color suggest feelings and emotions. The right use of color in
the right place and the right time increases audience interest
and develops better understanding and retention of the topic
you are discussing.

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7. Choose your fonts well
• Fonts can deliver subtle messages, which is why picking which
to use is important.
• Do not use more than two font faces, and choose
complimentary fonts which would look great together.

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7. Choose your fonts well
• Fonts can deliver subtle messages, which is why picking which
to use is important.
• Do not use more than two font faces, and choose
complimentary fonts which would look great together.

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SmartArt
Visualization helps audiences understand messages better,
SmartArt is used in PowerPoint for presenting information
graphically. This consists of present layouts that enable you to
easily create graphics which can effectively communicate
information.

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 SmartArt

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Publisher Access Outlook
Brochures, signs, Professional email and
Database creation and
cards, images, etc personal information
management
manager

PowerPoint Word Excel

Spreadsheets, tables,
Presentations and Word processing and and mailings
slideshows mailings

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 SmartArt

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 SmartArt

1. Select the slide where you want to display a SmartArt graphics.

2. From the INSERT tab, select the SmartArt command.
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3. A dialog box will then appear. Select a category on the left, choose
the SmartArt you want to display, then click OK.
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4. The SmartArt graphic will then appear on the current slide.

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4. The SmartArt graphic will then appear on the current slide.

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 Converting Existing Text to SmartArt

1. Highlight, then right-click, the list or

paragraph you want to convert to
SmartArt.
2. Point the mouse over Convert to
SmartArt and then select the desired
SmartArt graphic.

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 Converting Existing Text to SmartArt

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3. The text will then appear as a SmartArt graphic.

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Converting Existing Text to SmartArt

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