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Nice set of pins! They really float my boat.
by Chris Harding on December 19, 2009
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #10
by Chris Harding on May 10, 2010
Get your ducks in a row
This really annoys me when I see it!
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #9
by Chris Harding on April 20, 2010
Leave special effects to the movie makers
Don’t you just love bullet points flying in from the left, humorous sound effects and clip art.
You do?
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #8
by Chris Harding on March 18, 2010
Use language rules to support understanding
Last time we considered the ‘look and feel’ of slide content, we’ll continue that theme in this article.
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #7
by Chris Harding on March 9, 2010
Be consistent, not just with slide sets but also with their contents.
The themes built into PowerPoint help us to keep slides looking and feeling the same, but it’s really down to us to do the same for the contents.
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #6
by Chris Harding on February 24, 2010
Use plain English. Or at least words that your audience understands.
We’ve established that meaningless words and titles are out.
But what about jargon and cryptic phrases?
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #5
by Chris Harding on February 16, 2010
Titles – are they short and to the point or do they go on and on forever, not reaching a conclusion and continuing well past the point where the audience has lost interest…
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #4
by Chris Harding on February 9, 2010
Choose your words. Carefully.
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #3
by Chris Harding on February 5, 2010
Avoid graphic violence.
In this series of articles, we’re spotting the not-so-deliberate mistakes made when producing PowerPoint slideshows.
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #2
by Chris Harding on January 30, 2010
Don’t shoot yourself in the foot with bullets.
In this series, we’re identifying common mistakes made with PowerPoint.
Do you make these mistakes with your slideshows? #1
by Chris Harding on January 25, 2010
Get it right next time with these guidelines.
PowerPoint is easy to use if you want to put together a quick presentation.
It’s also easy to spoil your work by not considering your audience.
Tip 9
by Chris Harding on September 22, 2009
Ctrl + Shift + Esc opens Task Manager
