Wednesday, February 20, 2008

How to give a great look to your PowerPoint Design Template

I'm not gonna talk about the basic stuff, like how to save or edit the slide master of a PowerPoint Template (I already did). In this post I'm gonna tell you how to make it look good.

First and foremost you need to make it as simple as possible.

Don't put all the text that you are gonna say on the slide. That'll make it look very messy, unproffesional and it'll distract the audience's attention by reading what you are saying ahead of you. And that's not good.
A great way is to use images. You can find great images all over the internet and especially at flickr.com. But don't spread images all over a slide and put stupid animations, put the more like background images. And if you want to put some text put it over the image. Do not allign the text in the middle (looks very common), but try alligning it to something else in the picture. And do not use all kinds of unappropriate colors and text effexts.
One way to do it is to use just one word one slide. t'll be simple, it'll look fresh, it'll make you look like a pro.




Cheers!

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I could not find a email ID so commenting here .

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wildrank said...

there are many ways by using we can give great look to template,ypu hv also give nice information..

i found the following site which help me more to design the template:


http://www.crystalgraphics.com/powerpoint/templates.backgrounds.main.asp?p=gpp_te&cgss=animated+powerpoint+templates

t&tw said...

Indeed a goo dpicture worth a milion words.
I have been impressed by a presentation I saw at Barcelona MVNO Summit. It was presented by pepephone (which also has a great brand).

Of course it depends on the type of presentation you create. Picture are appropriate for marketing and sales presentations:)
The other basic rules shoul dbe followed when creating a presentation.
See some details here:
http://templateforfree.com/category/presentation-templates-and-tips/

Isha said...

Hi!

SlideGeeks.com has an excellent collection of powerpoint templates and backgrounds. Might wanna check it out!

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Fascinating article. This tutorial really helped me to improve the look of my Powerpoint presentations. Awesome blog.

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