Post on 26-Dec-2015
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Understanding Microsoft PowerPoint
• What is it?• Vector-based graphics program
• The graphics it produces are resizable• The colors can be changed easily• The text is always crisp
• PowerPoint vs. PhotoShop• Vector vs. Bitmap
• Vector• Clipart images are vector• Uses mathematical formulas• Can be ungrouped and re-colored easily
• Bitmap• Scanned photographs are bitmap• Uses pixels• Photos can be re-colored, but it takes much more effort
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PowerPoint Strengths
• Easy to learn• Installed on many computers• Easy to edit
• Make changes before, or even during a presentation
• Multiple medias• Text, images, clipart• Graphs, charts• Sound, video
• Versatile• Computer slides• Handouts• 35mm slides• Transparencies• Posters• Website
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PowerPoint Weaknesses
• Is fairly common• Many people use it for
presentations, and your audience can get bored easily
• It will let you create bad slides
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PowerPointWeakness
This program will let you create bad slides!
Slides that produce
‘visual noise’ can be
distracting for your
audience.
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Slide layout
• Make backgrounds dark• It is easier on the eye in a dark room• It is easier to read text if you have bad lighting• Why?• The screen’s natural color –
in any room – with any lighting –….is black!
• Text color matters• Light to dark• The greater the contrast
= the greater the importance
• Text size matters• The bigger the text
= the greater the importance• Don’t make the smallest text, the most important text, most of your audience won’t be able to read it!
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ABC
Sans-Serif
Serif
Text Issues
• Keep all fonts above 20 pt.• What’s the easiest font to
read?• Suggestions from the pros
• Arial• Century Gothic• Tahoma• Verdana
• What’s the difference?• Sans-Serif• Serif
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Graphic Design Principles
• Proximity• Group related items together• Helps the eye “move” through your slide
• Alignment• Visually connect elements• Create strong verticals
• Repetition• Repeat colors, shapes, visual elements• Consistent: background, picture placement, etc.
• Contrast• Good color and shading techniques• Using text that is readable
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A DISCUSSION ABOUT VISUAL SPACEA DISCUSSION ABOUT VISUAL SPACE
Chris Bornhoft
Guest Lecturer
Chris Bornhoft
Guest Lecturer
Center for Teaching Innovation
Education 208
Center for Teaching Innovation
Education 208
Graphic Design Principles
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A DISCUSSION ABOUT VISUAL SPACEA DISCUSSION ABOUT VISUAL SPACE
Chris BornhoftGuest LecturerChris BornhoftGuest Lecturer
Center for Teaching InnovationEducation 208Center for Teaching InnovationEducation 208
Graphic Design Principles
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Visual Guidelines
• Avoid multiple sentences if possible
• Avoid lines of text that leave one word hanging
• Keep spacing and text style consistent
• Other things to avoid….
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Things to Avoid…
• Distracting backgrounds•Distracting text• Bad clipart•Multiple fonts• Unnecessary color
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Slide layout
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