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CO315: Advanced Public Speaking

MS PowerPoint Tutorials

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PowerPoint Tips

  • Bulleted Points
  • Select images to enhance presentation
  • Select one background
  • No more than 3 fonts (Titles, bulleted points, Citations) 
  • Avoid too much animation
  • Contrast background with font color
  • Balance slide
  • Check spelling and grammar

 

Enhance your PowerPoint Slides

Looking for digital media collections? 

Creative Commons                                   Free Music Archive

Microsoft image downloads                       Google images 

 

Other options include: 

  • Scanning images from reference book or periodical (scanner located on the upper level of the library)  
  • Hyperlink to a webpage (save file space and avoid copyright infringement)

Cite media that is incorporated into your slide presentation.

Preparing Slides for Final Presentation

Step 1: Package for CD

Use this tool to ensure that your multimedia files will play and  that your fonts will be true. You will be able to run your powerpoint slides on any computer, even computers without Microsoft Office.

Step 2: Save packaged folder to flash drive.

Remember to keep a backup copy on cloud storage (Mitchell Skye drive, Google drive, Dropbox)

Step 3: Test the file on your flash drive.

           

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