Post on 03-Jan-2016
Introduction to Power Point
Design Tips(last modified 2008)
Contents
Fonts Type size color
Images Colors / Size Problems
SoundsSounds SizeSize BellsBells
VideosVideos SizeSize ColorsColors
Other TipsOther Tips
Font Size
12 pt abcABC123
14 pt abcABC123
18 pt abcABC123
24 pt abcABC123
28 pt abcABC123
32 pt abcABC123
36 pt abcABC123
44 pt abcABC123
Font Types
Use sans serif fonts such as Arial Do not mix fonts.
This is 24 pt, Arial abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Times New Roman abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Courier New abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Goudy Handtooled abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Brush Script abcABC123 This is 24 pt, Franklin Gothic abcABC123
Font Colors
Use high color contrast
TEXT FIELDS IN UPPERCASE CAUSE EYE STRAIN
RED AND BLUE IS HARD ON THE RETINA!
This Text field is too flashy
Italics are harder to read than straight fonts
Font Color
Good Good
BadGood
Bad !Good
BadGood
BadGood
Image Color and Size
256 colors Enlarging bitmaps does not
increase resolution. Slides with too many “cute”
pictures are distracting. Images with widely
different palettes may flash(True in past with Bitmaps, no longer a problem.)
Image Color Problems
Posterizing Clashing Palette
Background Problems
Sounds
Use short clips (less than 10 seconds) Avoid repetitive sound effects, specially during
transitions. Repetitive transition effects can also be distracting Tip. To edit clips, use Right-Mouse-Click
Video
Video files can get to be very large Install the QuickTime driver on PC’s. Click on the pause button to get the time bar to stay.
Right-Mouse-Click to edit clip.
Other Tips
PowerPoint supports Cut and Paste Do not over-pace presentations Avoid crowded slides Too many bullets can be deadly
Electrons as "Matter Waves"
1) Based on deBroglie's ideas, Werner Heizenberg & Irwin Schrodinger independently developed mathematical models that formulated the laws that govern matter.
2) Schrodinger modified equations already developed to describe the behavior of electromagnetic waves and applied them to the behavior of the electron in hydrogen.
3) Schrodinger's results were in excellent agreement with experimental observations. However, his solutions require the existence of three quantum numbers. By contrast, Bohr's model could not explain
the existence of any quantum numbers.
Too many words
Summary
Use large Sans Serif Fonts Use high contrast text fields Use clear images. Do not overuse embellisments. Avoid overcrowded slides Beware of information overload.
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Contributors:Dr. Charles WardDr. James Reeves Dr. Russ HermanDr. Gabriel LugoDr. Ron Vetter