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In this series of articles, we’re spotting the not-so-deliberate mistakes made when producing PowerPoint slideshows.
We’ve looked at amount of text and bullet points, now let’s turn to graphs and charts.
(Previous articles).
Pictures of any sort help to get messages across, but not every picture does it right.
This slide definitely gets it wrong:
- Too many statistics
- Complicated statistics – ‘78.57%’
- Main point unclear
- Too much information
Instead of all the detail, make it simple to read and understand. Break one slide into three if necessary.
Limit the number of statistics and keep them simple = 79% instead of 78.57%.
Even better, round the numbers: 79% becomes ‘4 out of 5′, especially when talking.
Guideline 3 = Simplify statistics with simple charts
Take a look at some of our slideshows.
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