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3 ways to use images

March 13, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein 5 Comments

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From my perspective, you can use images on a slide in 3 ways: As a background, behind text: The purpose is to make a slide that is essentially all text look better As a supplement to text: The purpose is to help people understand and remember the text As the main focus of the slide, […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds, Images, Slide layout Tagged With: graphics, how to use images, images, impact, improve slide design, photos, PowerPoint, slide design, visual, ways to use images

Use icons to create a list

January 3, 2022 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

Research shows that people pay more attention to images than to text, but sometimes you want people to focus on the text, not on an elaborate or complex photo. A nice compromise is to use icons and they are VERY common on slides these days. PowerPoint 365 includes icons in its collection of images (choose […]

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Filed Under: Images Tagged With: icons, lists, slide design

3 techniques for putting less text on your slides

October 18, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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You probably know that creating slides with lots of text on them is a sure sign of “Death by PowerPoint.” Even if your content is valuable and interesting, the text makes it LOOK boring. Also, research has shown that images attract more attention. So the solution is almost always to replace text with images and […]

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Filed Under: Design principles, Images, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: how to have less text on a slide, remove text from slides

Making text stand out with text formatting techniques

August 22, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein Leave a Comment

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A presentation style that’s sometimes called the Takahashi or Lessig method, involves putting just a word or two on a slide, usually with very large text. The text is used as a prompt, but also as a graphic. I wrote about it in a short post from 2004, You can create stunning slides using large […]

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Filed Under: Shapes & text boxes, Text & fonts Tagged With: Lessig, Takahashi, text, text formatting, text slides

Use contrast to make your text and colors pop!

May 6, 2021 by Ellen Finkelstein 1 Comment

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​I’ve been working on some training about presentations that are accessible to people with sight and hearing challenges and have learned some techniques that I believe everyone can use. One has to do with increasing contrast between the background (of the slide or a shape) and the text. When you do this, your colors become […]

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Filed Under: Backgrounds & color, Shapes & text boxes Tagged With: accessibility, color contrast, contrast, test for color contrast

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