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Presentation Tips

The documents on this page (listed in the right side column) demonstrate good and bad presentation styles, and give tips on what to aim for and what to avoid.

Note that a number of these documents are borrowed from UC Davis, and can also be found at http://trc.ucdavis.edu/trc/tutorials/

For a brief video introduction to Powerpoint in MS Office 2007, see our video tutorial page and choose Powerpoint from the category menu.

  • Offline Image Viewer

    How to set up slideshow presentations using ArtStor's OIV
  • Presenter View on PowerPoint

    Learn how to view your presentation with speaker notes on one computer, while your audience views the notes-free presentation on another screen.

Related Documents

  • Basic PowerPoint (556 KB PDF Document)
    UC Davis documentation on how to use PowerPoint in Windows XP (useful also for Macintosh users despite some differences)
  • Bad PowerPoint (345 KB Powerpoint Document)
    Example of a bad presentation (while giving tips on what to avoid)
  • Good PowerPoint (91 KB Powerpoint Document)
    Example of a better presentation, again with tips on how to organize and format slides
  • Presentation pointers (13 KB PDF Document)
    Quick list of helpful hints when setting up PowerPoint or similar presentations
  • More things to keep in mind when presenting electronically
  • Presentation Design (55 KB PDF Document)
    Tips for slide design, color scheme, font, etc from UC Davis