Basics of Good PowerPoint Design

By Sue Heraper

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The Basics

of Good

PowerPoint

Design

by Sue Heraper

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Your audience can read your slides

faster than can you talk.

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Use 7 words or less in each slide.

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Make your image fill up the whole slide.

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Place your text inside it.

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A good image allows the audience

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to think and reflect on an issue.

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A great image can help tell the story

in a way bullet points never can.

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Use strong visuals to help add to what you are saying

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and not give it away before you say it.

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Images you can use

Get your text right.

Never use more than 3 styles of font.

Keep them in the same family.

Use different sizes.Animated text is not cool.

A slight rotation makes it a little

more interesting.

Use simple fonts

Arial

Gills Sans

Impact

for a professional look and feel.

Take care to

match colors

and backgrounds

If you can’t use color wisely, avoid it entirely.

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Never use

BLACK text on RED

Save bullets for a recap on the last slide.

•Go visual – let the image tell your story

•Use few words and simple fonts on your slides.

•Practice before presenting