How to create powerful PowerPoint presentations

Microsoft’s PowerPoint was released in 1987. Over the past 37 years there has been several updates, and with each update there has been new features added and improved functionality.

There is an estimated 500 million users worldwide, and 35 million PowerPoint presentations are given each day. [1] Some PowerPoint presentations are good, and some are dreadful.

Reference

[1] 10 little-known facts about PowerPoint, published by Poll Everywhere

PowerPoint is a software application that has endured. It is a powerful tool, and it has many features that many people will never use. However, I think it is beneficial for us to know the basic features in depth. It will save you a lot of time if you can quickly create simple but effective PowerPoint slides.

Useful knowledge and skills

Here are some useful knowledge and skills:

• Design principles
• Visual impact
  • Images
  • Visual style
  • Colour theme
• PowerPoint basic features
• SmartArt Graphics
  • Guides and gridlines
  • Insert photos and icons
  • Re-size, rotate handles, and cropping
  • Insert tables, charts, and SmartArt Graphs
  • Simple animation
• Rules
  • Don’t breach copyright
  • 6 x 6 rule
  • 10, 20, 30 rule
  • Version control
  • • Avoid typos, spelling or grammatical errors

Getting started with PowerPoint

Here are some basic PowerPoint skills to get started:

• Start the PowerPoint application
• Open a new blank presentation or existing file
• View slide master
• Add new slides to the presentation
• Change font type and size
• Insert shapes
• Re-colour and re-size shapes
• Copy, paste, and undo
• Save file and shutdown the PowerPoint application.

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