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

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Bad !Good

BadGood

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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