English 100
October 4, 2012
Process Analysis
How to Make a Great PowerPoint Presentation Do you ever feel nervous or get sweaty palms when thinking of creating a PPT? Well you can change that. I will be telling you a few simple steps to making and presenting a PPT. I guarantee you will feel more comfortable and confident in your skills. What exactly is a PPT? It is an abbreviation that stands for the PowerPoint Presentation. This is a high- powered software tool marketed by Microsoft. They claim that thirty million presentations are made with PowerPoint every day. Basically, it is a tool used to present information in a slide show format. You can use text, graphs, charts, photographs, effects, sounds and even video to present. It makes even the most boring of topics, facts, ideas more interesting to present. You can present this PowerPoint to any kind of audience, such as your boss, your colleagues, clients, or even students. Creating a PowerPoint Presentation only takes a few simple steps. The first step when creating a PowerPoint slideshow is choosing your layout and design. You never want to make the layout too “flashy.” This can make your whole presentation look unprofessional, and can take away from the seriousness of the topic being discussed. Also, you should be careful with the color scheme you pick out. Choose the colors wisely. Avoid using white or yellow text, which can be harsh on the eyes. Last, the layout and design of your slideshow will help tie your PowerPoint Presentation together. Everyone will be impressed with the creativity you have applied. The next important step in creating your slideshow will be to use bullets. You should always remember to limit your slides with four to five bullet points. This will help make your slide become more readable to your audience, and lessens the clutter of your information. Your audience shouldn’t be reading whole paragraphs on a PowerPoint slide. You should also make the bullet