PowerPoint: Slide Design Makeover

Introduction

• Slide design makeover
• What you should know

1. Making over Your Agenda

• Before: A plain, bulleted agenda
• Step 1: Create a table on a new slide
• Step 2: Format the table
• Step 3: Find and resize a picture
• Step 4: Add a title

2. Simplifying Text-Heavy Slides

• Before: Too much text
• Step 1: Edit text
• Step 2: Add a title to a new slide
• Step 3: Create and format a text heading
• Step 4: Duplicate and edit a text pairing
• Step 5: Find and resize a picture

3. Focusing on a Bigger Picture

• Before: Basic picture-and-text slide
• Step 1: Resize picture to fill new slide
• Step 2: Add and format a title
• Step 3: Add key points in textboxes
• Step 4: Add and format accent lines

4. Emphasizing Statistics

• Before: Full sentences around statistics
• Step 1: Identify key information
• Step 2: Set up margin guides
• Step 3: Add and format text
• Step 4: Insert and crop pictures
• Step 5: Add a gradient overlay and change picture transparency

5. From Bullets to Bold Graphics

• Before: Bulleted text with logo and graphics
• Step 1: Identify key points
• Step 2: Set up margin guides
• Step 3: Crop and resize picture to fill slide
• Step 4: Add a gradient overlay
• Step 5: Insert and format a title
• Step 6: Add circles with key text statements

6. Balancing Images with Text and Icons

• Before: Cluttered and unorganized slide
• Step 1: Set up guides
• Step 2: Resize and crop pictures
• Step 3: Add transparency
• Step 4: Add and format a title and supporting text
• Step 5: Insert, format, and align icons

Conclusion

• Do something different