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Holding an audience's attention for the length of a presentation or class period can be a real challenge. But with a little bit of practice — and a little know-how — anyone can become an expert presenter. We've put together a quick list of tips and hints that will you help sharpen your message and create and deliver engaging presentations that command attention and get your point across with clarity and impact. For easier navigation, we've broken the tips up into three categories:
PowerPoint is a fantastic tool for creating engaging presentations. Here are a few tips to help you get the most from PowerPoint.
PowerPoint Tip #1: If you're planning to distribute your presentation to others in an electronic format, select fonts that come installed with Windows. Unique fonts on your system may cause problems for others who do not have them installed.
PowerPoint Tip #2: To keep your presentation files as small as you can, try reducing the resolution of your bitmaps. For on-screen viewing, bitmaps don't need to be larger than 98 dpi. For printing purposes, 150 dpi is preferred.
PowerPoint Tip #3: Changing caps to lower case or vice versa is easy. Select the text, click Shift+F3 until it changes to the case style you prefer. Typing Shift+F3 toggles the text case between ALL CAPS, lower case, and Initial Cap Styles.
PowerPoint Tip #4: To select small objects on a slide, hit the Escape key to insure nothing is currently selected. Repeatedly hit the Tab key, which will toggle you through a selection of all the objects on a slide. This is useful for selecting small objects or objects that are hidden by other, larger objects.
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