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Guidelines for Preparing Slides

Guidelines for Preparing Slides. Instructional Computing Facility. Outline Formats are Easier to Follow. Use Bullets, Not Numbers. Bullets imply no significant order Use numbers only to show rank or sequence. No More than One Topic per Slide. What about them Sox hey?. Use the 6 X 6 rule:.

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Guidelines for Preparing Slides

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  1. Guidelines for Preparing Slides Instructional Computing Facility

  2. Outline Formats are Easier to Follow

  3. Use Bullets, Not Numbers • Bullets imply no significant order • Use numbers only to show rank or sequence

  4. No More than One Topic per Slide What about them Sox hey?

  5. Use the 6 X 6 rule: 6 lines of text 6 words per line

  6. Allow plenty of room around borders and illustrations

  7. Select Readable Type SizeThis is 40 point • Minimum 36 point for titles • 24 point for body text • This is 32 point 45 point 40 point 35 point 30 point 25 point 20 point 15 point 10 point

  8. Use a Readable Typeface and Font • Use Sans serif (no curly feet) such as Arial or universal for body text • Use San serif (no curly feet) such as Arial or universal for body text • Use serif such as a roman for titles only Use a Readable Typeface and Font

  9. Typeface Examples Typeface Examples Typeface Examples Typeface Examples Arial Times New Roman CourierNew GillSans Typeface Examples Typeface Examples

  10. Adjust Lettering to discriminate or emphasize • Make titles a larger type size than body elements • emphasize important statements or words with bold, italic, larger size or different fonts.

  11. Adjust Lettering to discriminate or emphasize • Make titles a larger type size than body elements • emphasize important statements or words with bold, italic, larger size or different fonts.

  12. Choose Color Carefully • Use the same color consistently throughout the presentation • Use light letters on a dark background

  13. To determine if a slide is legible when projected, hold it up to a light;if it is readable, it is probably fine

  14. Colors • Avoid placing saturated primary colors (red, green or blue) adjacent to each other. • They may create a third color where the two colors meet.

  15. Use Solid Colors instead of fill Patterns on Charts • Patterns on bars or pie slices cause confusion. • Solid colors convey a clear bold message

  16. Your Slides are Not your Presentation • Your slides are a focus for your presentation • Your presentation is not proof of your thesis • Your paper is proof • You present your proof with slides to focus interest on what you think is important

  17. You can’t stop talking • Recall: You cannot start talking until the audience has finished reading • But: You can’t stop talking • So: You end up reading your slide to the audience. • Whichis: Really annoying

  18. Use Simple Tables to Present Numbers Try not to make footnotes too small

  19. Clipart • Add Clipart where appropriate • If ever

  20. Pictures and Bitmaps

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