Module 8
Presenting your paper
with PowerPoint:
Why write with PowerPoint?
• To supplement an oral presentation
• To incorporate visual and audio media
into a presentation
• To disseminate information to a larger group
Power Point Presentation
Before You Start
• Audience
– Who is your audience? What is your relationship with
them?
• Purpose
– Are you informing? Arguing?
• Occasion
– Is this a professional presentation? Are you at a
conference, at a meeting, in a classroom?
• Ethos
– How do you want the audience to perceive you? Are
you representing a business or organization?
Your Canvas
Save &
Print
Options
Design
Options
View
Options
Text &
Content
Options
View Options
• Normal View
– Add and develop text and content
– Manipulate individual slides
• Slide Sorter View
– View and change organization
– Move and hide slides
• Slide Show View
– View overall development
– Give completed presentation
A Closer Look at Normal View
• Create new slides
• Add and edit text and
content
• Compose facilitator
notes
Custom Design Considerations
• Simplicity
– Moderate color palette
– Clear, unadorned fonts
• Consistency
– Color and background
graphics
– Font style and sizes
Choosing a Design Template
• Avoid templates with themes
that don’t fit your information
• If your content includes
images, avoid templates with
large background graphics
• Streamlined templates with
minimal background graphics
present a professional image
Text & Content
• Text
– Facilitates presentation
– Reinforces key terms and concepts
• Images
– Complement presentation
– Illustrate or highlight main points
• Tables and Graphs
– Support presentation
– Present information in a visually appealing way
Text Considerations
• Keep text to a
minimum
• Use “white space” to
set off blocks of text
• Make phrase
structure consistent
within bulleted lists
Content Considerations
• Keep content to a
minimum
• Use white space to
set off visual content
from text
• Choose appropriate
images
• Allows presenter to control the appearance
of text and content
• Provides transitions between slides
• Draws audience’s attention to the object
being animated
• Distracting when used to excess
Save Options
• Disable Fast Saves
– Keeps file size
manageable
To get to this dialog box:
Tools  Options  Save
Print Options
• Slides
– Prints each slide on a
separate page
• Handouts
– Prints a specified number
of slides on each page
• Notes Pages
– Prints facilitator notes
along with slides
• Outline View
– Prints the text of each slide
Reminders
• Consider your context
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Audience
Purpose
Occasion
Ethos
• Communicate Effectively
– Simple designs
– Concise text
– Relevant content