Lesson 10: Presentation Slides

Lesson 10: Presentation Slides

# 1. Features of Electronic Slides

Electronic slides today are highly diverse, flexible, and convenient. We can use presentation software like PowerPoint to create engaging slides in various formats, supporting many file types.

# 2. General Requirements for Slides

• Clarity: Content should be clear and easy to understand.

• Readability: Use appropriate fonts, clear sizes, and avoid overcrowding.

• Illustrations: Utilize images and charts to illustrate the content.

• Consistency: Maintain a unified style in terms of color, fonts, and layout.

# 3. General Presentation Principles

• Direction: Establish a clear layout and guide the viewer through a logical sequence.

• Balance: Distribute content reasonably, creating a balanced design for each slide.

• Uniformity: Apply general design principles throughout the entire presentation.

• Emphasis: Use techniques such as color, font, and size to highlight key points.

# 4. Notes on Color, Background, and Font

• Color: Consider using light blue (11 o’clock), light turquoise (9 o’clock), and light yellow (7 o’clock) to create harmony and a pleasant viewing experience.

• Background: Choose an appropriate background size and use “Design/ Slide Size/ Widescreen” to select the default 16:9 aspect ratio.

• Font: Employ easy-to-read fonts and avoid overly ornate styles.

# 5. Guide to Using Presentation Software Features

• Set Transition Color: Use “Design/ Format background/ Gradient fill” to create a color transition effect, select a light color with a lighter top, and “Color/ More color/ Custom” to choose suitable shades.

• Ignore all: Bypass all spelling errors similar to the current checked error.

• Slide show: Present the existing slide.

• Recolor: Change the background and image background colors.

• Set transparent color: Make the image background transparent.

• Artistic Effect: Present the image in an artistic style.

• Corrections: Adjust the brightness/contrast of the image.

• Display first slide: Use “View/ slide show.”

• Create identical new slide: Select “Insert/ new slide/ Duplicate select slide.”

# 6. Conclusion

With these fundamental presentation skills, you can create professional, engaging, and effective slides. Apply these principles and features flexibly to craft unique and impressive presentations!