PowerPoint
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Before you open the program: the message and the structure
The worst deck is the one whose author began by opening PowerPoint. Start with a sheet of paper and two questions, and you will save two hours of design that would only be deleted.
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The slide master and layouts
If you are positioning the logo on every slide individually, you are working against the program rather than with it. This lesson is the counterpart of the "Styles" lesson in Word.
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Slide design and visual hierarchy
You have three seconds before a member of the audience decides where to look. Good design makes that decision for them.
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Presenting numbers: tables and charts
A chart is not decoration for numbers; it is the answer to a question. And if you do not know your question, there is no such thing as the right chart.
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Animation and the actual delivery
Animation is a tool for attention, not for showing off. And the most important thing on the day is not the slides but how ready you are for whatever breaks.
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