PowerPoint for PowerPoint for BeginnersBeginners

Staff Training & DevelopmentUM Libraries

AgendaAgenda Why use PowerPoint? Content vs. design Font and color ClipArt déjà vu Practice makes perfect! Try it yourself

Why Use PowerPoint?Why Use PowerPoint? Capture your presentation—major

concepts, organization, charts, graphs and more all in one place!

Share your presentation with others on the Web or in easy PowerPoint handouts.

Content vs. designContent vs. design Write your presentation in outline

view.

Play with graphics, colors and fonts in slide view.

FFoonntt and and ccoolloorr Two or three fonts are plenty. Pick three or four colors that look

nice together. Use high contrast colors for

background and text. Don’t forget about red/green color-

blindness.

ClipArt déjà vuClipArt déjà vu Be a ClipArt minimalist. Your audience has seen them all. Be creative; make your own!

Practice makes Practice makes perfect!perfect! Practice where you preach so you

can fix problems before you present.

Rehearse your timings. Show it to a friend before you

make your debut.

Try It YourselfTry It Yourself Download the PowerPoint

Overview packet at http://www.lib.umd.edu/groups/learning/handouts/powerpoint101.pdf and follow the directions to create your own PowerPoint presentation.