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Effective Use of Powerpoint as a

presentation tool

What is a PowerPoint Presentation?

Definition: The term "PowerPoint presentation" was coined

when Microsoft introduced its software program PowerPoint. PowerPoint is commonly used by presenters as a digital aid when presenting their topic to an audience. Microsoft has called this type of software a "presentation", which is a misnomer. Many presenters often forget that they are the presentation that the audience came to see, not their PowerPoint presentation.

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What is Microsoft PowerPoint? - How Do I Use PowerPoint? PowerPoint is a presentation software

program that is part of the Microsoft Office package. PowerPoint uses a graphical approach to presentations in the form of slide shows that accompany the oral delivery of the topic. This program is widely used in business and classrooms and is an effective tool when used for training purposes.

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Three rules for better Power point Presentation1. Match Design to Purpose

Decide if your presentation is meant to entertain, inform, persuade, or sell. Is a light-hearted or a more formal approach most appropriate to the subject and your audience? Keep colors, clip art, and templates consistent with your main objective.

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2. Keep It Simple

As with any design, cut the clutter. Two font families is a good rule of thumb. No more than one graphic image or chart per slide is another good rule (excluding any corporate logo or other recurring element in the design).

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3. Be Consistent

Use the same colors and fonts throughout. Select graphic images in the same style. Templates go a long way toward helping to maintain consistency.

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5 Rules for More Effective Presentations

Don’t give your presentation software center stage.

Create a logical flow to your presentation.

Make your presentation readableRemember, less is moreDistribute a handout

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PowerPoint picture tools for effective presentations

According to Wikipedia, the phrase, "A picture is worth a thousand words," expresses the idea that a complex concept can be easily understood using just a single image. It also aptly characterizes one of the main goals of visualization, namely making it possible to absorb large amounts of data quickly.

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PowerPoint Photo Manipulation ToolsThe Remove Background tool is useful for separating a foreground object in a picture from the background, providing there is a reasonable amount of difference between the object and the background. In other words, the Remove Background tool is useful when you have several objects in a picture or photograph and your presentation needs to focus on one specific object. This tool will help you quickly eliminate all other objects apart from the one object that you want your audience to look at.

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Corrections is a tool that has two purposes:1. Corrections enables you to adjust the brightness

and contrast of an image, which is helpful when your photograph or picture is too dark or too bright to be seen properly.

2. Corrections enables you to adjust the sharpness and softness of a picture - helpful if, for example, you have want to sharpen the blurry text in a screenshot to make it more readable to your audience. Increasing the sharpness is also useful if your photographs appear a little smudged or some of the details have been lost due to bad lighting.

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Customized EffectsPowerPoint also lets you create your own

customized versions of many of the effects discussed in this article by using the Picture Styles dialog launcher (it's the tiny grey arrow on the right corner of the Picture Styles group). When you click on the Picture Styles dialog launcher, the Format Picture dialog box will appear with adjustable settings that enable you to experiment with different combinations of corrections, 3D picture glows, borders and other photo manipulation options.

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AdvantagesPotential benefits of using presentation graphics

include.Engaging multiple learning stylesIncreasing visual impactImproving audience focusProviding annotations and highlightsAnalyzing and synthesizing complexitiesEnriching curriculum with interdisciplinaryIncreasing spontaneity and interactivityIncreasing wonderhttp://eglobiotraining.com/

STUDENT POWER POINT APPROACHClassroom response systems can improve

students' learning by engaging them actively in the learning process. Instructors can employ the systems to gather individual responses from students or to gather anonymous feedback. It is possible to use the technology to give quizzes and tests, to take attendance, and to quantify class participation. Some of the systems provide game formats that encourage debate and team competition. Reports are typically exported to Excel for upload to the instructor's grade book. 

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PowerPoint as WorksheetInstructors who do not have sufficient photocopying

opportunities in their departments may be less likely to use paper worksheets with their students, especially in large classes. PowerPoint offers the ability to approximate worksheets to illustrate processes or to provide "worked examples" that shows problem-solving step-by-step. One valuable technique is to first demonstrate a process or problem on one slide, then ask students to work on a similar problem revealed on the next slide, using their own paper rather than worksheets handed out.

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Best Practices: Slideshow Construction

Text size: text must be clearly readable from the back of the room. Too much text or too small a font will be difficult to read.

Avoid too much text: one common suggestion is to adhere to the 6x6 rule (no more than six words per line, and no more than six lines per slide). The "Takahasi Method" goes so far as to recommend enormous text and nothing else on the slide, not even pictures, perhaps as little as just one word on each slide.

Contrast: light text on dark backgrounds will strain the eyes. Minimize this contrast, and opt instead for dark text on light backgrounds. Combinations to avoid, in case of partial color blindness in the audience, include red-green, or blue-yellow.

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practicesTransitions and animations should be used

sparingly and consistently to avoid distractions.

Template: do not change the template often. The basic format should be consistent and minimal.

Use graphics and pictures to illustrate and enhance the message, not just for prettiness.

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Other ideas for use on a PowerPoint presentation include:

Change fontShapesClip artImagesChartsTablesTransitionsAnimationsAnimating text or charthttp://eglobiotraining.com/

For Better PresentationShowing things to an audience during a

speech is as old as public speaking. In nearly all cases, showing an audience a physical thing, an actual object, is the best way to engage an audience’s attention. But when this isn’t possible, presentation software like PowerPoint (or Apple’s Keynote software) allows the modern public speaker to show things to an audience on a large screen.

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What has been turned upside-down over the past decade’s spread of PowerPoint, for most PowerPoint users, is that the “speech” is now mostly what’s on the screen, rather than what is spoken. In other words, the proper relation of the illustration tool to the speech has been reversed. In the opinion of many people, this has tragically damaged the art of public speaking. No one can imagine Abraham Lincoln nor Martin Luther King, Jr., needing PowerPoint. But today many people who give oral presentations cannot imagine doing so without PowerPoint.

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In the end ;Although PowerPoint has the aforementioned benefits, some argue that

PowerPoint has negatively affected society. The terms "Death by PowerPoint" and "PowerPoint Hell" refer to the poor use of the software. Many large companies and branches of the government use PowerPoint as a way to brief employees on important issues that they must make decisions about. Opponents of PowerPoint argue that reducing complex issues to bulleted points is detrimental to the decision making process; in other words, because the amount of information in a presentation must be condensed, viewing a PowerPoint presentation does not give one enough detailed information to make a truly informed decision.

A frequently cited example is Edward Tufte's analysis of PowerPoint slides prepared for briefing NASA officials concerning possible damage to the Space Shuttle Columbia during its final launch.[11] Tufted argues that the slides, prepared by the Boeing Corporation, had the effect of oversimplifying the situation, and provided false assurance that the ultimately fatal damage to the shuttle was only minimal. Tufted argued:

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Respectfully Submitted to Prof. Erwin M. Globio , MSIT

Submitted by:Orot, Glyceryl Mae I.IA12115

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