Recently, a subscriber asked me about how to put a table of data from Excel on a slide. You can do this in a couple of ways. First, think about whether the data will be readable if it will be projected on a screen. Also consider whether the data lends itself to a graph, because […]
Customize the colors in your slide master
I see lots of messy presentations when I work with my clients. (That’s why they come to me for help.) One of the areas that is often a disaster is the slide master. Some of the things I see are: Multiple slide masters caused by copying and pasting slides from other presentations and choosing the […]
Moving the axis labels when a PowerPoint chart/graph has both positive and negative values
For her PhD dissertation, my friend, Leslee Goldstein, did research teaching the Transcendental Meditation technique to Ugandan women who were part of an NGO (non-governmental organization) program that taught them skills to help them support themselves, such as sewing. These women had been subjected to a huge amount of stress in their lives and this […]
My latest SmartArt faves
As you probably know, SmartArt (available since PowerPoint 2007) is a way of converting bulleted text to a diagram, or at least a visually attractive graphic. When I work with presenters, I often see slides that have a lot of text on them. We go through several options: Delete the text, add a useful graphic, […]
Slide design rules for effective presentations
Slide design can be very subjective but there are some rules that are objective. These rules ensure that your slide is easy to understand and remember. When you use these rules, you can create clear slides that no one will struggle to comprehend. You’ll find that these rules are general enough to allow for lots […]
