How do I create a PowerPoint presentation?
Select an option:
- Select Blank Presentation to create a presentation from scratch.
- Select one of the templates.
- Select Take a Tour, and then select Create, to see tips for using PowerPoint.
Is PowerPoint hard to learn?
What are the basics of PowerPoint?
- Presentation: All the slides, from start to finish, that you show your audience.
- Slides: The images you create with PowerPoint.
- Notes: Printed pages that you, the speaker, write and print so that you know what to say during a presentation.
- Handout:
What is the main purpose of PowerPoint?
What is the 5 by 5 rule in PowerPoint?
To keep your audience from feeling overwhelmed, you should keep the text on each slide short and to the point. Some experts suggest using the 5/5/5 rule: no more than five words per line of text, five lines of text per slide, or five text-heavy slides in a row.
What are the 5 Rules of PowerPoint?
- Each slide should have no more than 5 lines; each line should have no more than 5 words. • Why?
- Use font size 24+ for titles and 20+ for body, and no more than two fonts per slide. •
- A picture is worth a thousand words. • Why?
- Use body language to show people where to look. •
- Keep your presentations under 15 minutes. •
What is the 2 4 8 rule in PowerPoint?
When I look back at my most successful slide decks there’s a pattern, I call it the 2/4/8 rule: about every 2 minutes I have a new slide (about 30 slides for a 60 minute speech), no more than 4 bullets per slide, and no more than 8 words per bullet.
What is a good PPT?
What makes a great presentation?
What is an effective presentation?
How do you start an introduction for a presentation?
- Tell your audience who you are.
- Share what you’re presenting.
- Let them know why it’s relevant.
- Tell a story.
- Make an interesting statement.
- Ask for audience participation.
What are the 4 types of presentation?
- Informative. Keep an informative presentation brief and to the point.
- Instructional. Your purpose in an instructional presentation is to give specific directions or orders.
- Arousing. Your purpose in an arousing presentation is to make people think about a certain problem or situation.
- Persuasive.
- Decision-making.
How do you start a presentation example?
- Shock the audience.
- Ask the audience to “imagine” or think “what if”?
- Start your presentation in the future or the past.
- Quote someone or a proverb.
- Tell a story or joke, or reference a historical event.
- Share personal stories.
How do you introduce a topic?
- Attract the Reader’s Attention. Begin your introduction with a “hook” that grabs your reader’s attention and introduces the general topic.
- State Your Focused Topic. After your “hook”, write a sentence or two about the specific focus of your paper.
- State your Thesis. Finally, include your thesis statement.

David Nilsen is the former editor of Fourth & Sycamore. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. You can find more of his writing on his website at davidnilsenwriter.com and follow him on Twitter as @NilsenDavid.