What makes a good presentation
- And what makes a bad slide
Some Basics
- Outline, Layout, and Master
How to start a new slideshow
- Brainstorm
- Sections
- Section titles
- What do you want to say?
- Speaker notes
- 1 slide, 1 topic, 6 lines, 6 words (per line)
- Text, bullets only if something is a list, minimum font size
Inserting images, illustrations, and icons
- What are the requirements for images?
- What other sources are there?
- Images as shape fills
- PowerPoint Icons
- Adding a SmartArt diagram
Editing images
- Cropping (and cropping to shape)
- Converting SVG to shapes (recoloring)
- SmartArt and conversion to shapes
Aligning and grouping
- Aligning
- Arranging
- Selection pane
Timeline and roadmaps
- Examples of roadmaps and flowcharts
- Concrete assignment on creating a timeline for a project with phases
Dealing with Tables
- Inserting a table
- How large can a table be?
- Alternative tables
Animations and transitions
- Adding animations to slides
- Standard transitions
- Zoom
- Morphing
- Creative and functional techniques
Final assignments
