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By Clemence Lepers @pptpop · On March 15, 2014
Lemme guess:
You’re keen to lean a few actionable presentation design tips that’ll give
your slide deck that extra boost to convince and leave an amazing
impression?
You see amigo, chances are that your presentation is designed to

produce sales, convey ideas, educate people, or get them to make a
decision.
And to do that, you must keep your audience engaged with a solid, well-
designed presentation that grabs their attention from the get go.
The good news is that it’s exactly what we’re going to cover today.
So if you want to improve your presentation skills and design beautiful slide decks that stand out, check out this
new guide.
All the design techniques and strategies in this post are fully actionable, and I guarantee you’ll walk out
knowing exactly how to build presentations that hook and impress when we’re done.
Sounds good?
Then let’s get started !
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70%.
To me, that nding re ects just how important (oh, and overlooked) making great presentations is to one’s
career.
Before we dig deep into the presentation tips infographic, I want to spend a quick moment with you to look at
the # 1 reason why presentation skills are just so overlooked.
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“Design has the power to do more than sell a product, but that it can make a di erence through altering
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Stand Out !
If you’ve been thinking:
“How to create a good presentation? It’s so hard to get started.”
I feel you.
And the thing is, you can’t learn (and apply) it all at the same time.
So today I’ve broken down this post into sections that cover di erent techniques and strategies, depending on
your level and the results you want to achieve.
At the end of this post, you’ll be able to put together good presentations slides that impress and leave a great
impression.
Start with the basics
Get those PPT design foundations right and you’ll be set to deliver consistent decks, even if you’re starting from
scratch.
1) Customize your slides size

Add more length to your slides.
PowerPoint slides are usually sized 10 inches (width) * 7.5 inches (height).
Resize them 12*7.5 (Open a PowerPoint document, go to Design > Page Setup).
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The screenshots below shows you the extra space you’re getting.
Here’s how to customize your slide design !

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2) Use quality visuals (a lot)

We process visuals 60,000 times faster than text so yes, you’d better use image over text whenever possible.
Here’s my personal favorite free-to-use visual resources:
Gratisography (crisp, fun)
Startup stock photos (genuine-looking)
Pexels (lots of themes, love it)
Unsplash (nature related)
Little visuals (like Unsplash)
Pic jumbo (urban-related mostly)
More photo resources right here.
Check out these amazing sites with beautiful free photography!

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3) Apply a solid, consistent color theme
Color accounts for 85% of the reason why someone decides to purchase
a product.
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I recommend the use of TWO or THREE colors.
For all your content slides, use of black for core text (in that case, your PPT background shall be white or light
grey) and use the ONE or TWO additional colors to highlight important keywords, statements or gures.
Colors picked must be visible, contrast between each other’s and with your PowerPoint background.
No like that:
But like that:
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Color sell products so make sure the colors you chose for your presentation are:
Associated with your company guidelines or culture
Aligned with your audience’s core characteristics (for instance: 76% of women prefer cool colors compared
to 56% of men).
Complementary: which means colors opposite each other on the color wheel.
Here’s the color wheel:
If you’re not sure about where to start, try out Kuler, Adobe’s awesome color palette generator. It’s free and you
can choose y from thousands of pre-built schemes.
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How to apply the RGB color codes in PowerPoint:
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4) Choose easy-to-read fonts
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There are three principles I want to you to get under your belt when it comes to typography:
First, chose easy to read fonts: it’s a fact, people are more likely to engage in a given behavior the less e ort it
requires (Source).
Second, If you want to mix fonts, then pick ONE font for your body text (like Helvetica or Calibri). Apply an
additional, more creative font for your cover slide, slide title or a word you’d like to get your audience focus on.
Just like that:
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Third, for all your presentation slides, try to keep a big font size.
You will increase your audience visual comfort. Plus, it’s a good exercise to help you develop e ective
presentation skills, as you will have to learn how to summarize content.
I personally use a minimum of 20 for important parts (headlines), and 14 to 18 for less important parts (sub-
headlines). To comment charts or graphics, 12 is the minimum.
For free and creative font options, check out:
The 10 most popular typefaces used by the top 100 U.S newspapers
The top 10 fonts web designers love (free and paid)
Dafont
Font Squirrel ♥
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Tip: To install new fonts on Window, download the archive > click Start > Control Panel > Font > Paste your font les.
5) Apply grid systems

In her guide book on creating great presentations, Nancy Duarte explains the principle of grid systems.
Wanna know why they work great?
It’s because grids keep your content organized in a clean, structured lay-out.
6) Use the CRAP principle

There are not a hundred but one principle of design that I want you to get under your belt.
The CRAP principle: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity.
Contrast is all about making things stand out. It can be achieved using three major tactics: manipulation of
space (near / far, empty / lled), color choices (dark vs. light / cool vs. warm) and text (typography style /
bold vs. narrow).
Repetition, for instance making a headline and a sub-message the same color, makes scanning your deck
much easier. Repetition helps you create a cohesive look to your presentation.
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Alignment. Newspapers use this to great e ect. Aligning a whole bunch of elements with one another
makes them scan faster. Alignment makes things easier to read.
Proximity means that things are associated with one another. Let me explain that for you: the closer things
are, the more they are associated The farther they are away from one another, the less they are
associated.
Side note: Can’t recall where I’ve seen those slides of SlideShare. If they’re yours, lemme know and I’ll add
relevant links.
7) Use the dominance principle

It’s very simple:
The more dominant element of your slide will attract the eye and get noticed rst.
For each slide you design, always think, which element do I want my audience to notice FIRST?
8) Make sure it’s perfectly visible and readable

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9) Have relevant hierarchy
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10) Use white space
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11) Don’t use shiny e ects
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12) Craft an attention-grabbing opening slide

Here’s the deal, your presentation cover design has two targets:
Grab the attention of your audience (pike their curiosity – to get them want to know more)
Give a crystal-clear overview of the topic you’re going to cover in your presentation
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How to create a beautiful cover slide in 5 minutes
13) Design your body slides (use this business template)

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14) Make transition slides
To help your audience gure out where they are in your presentation:
15) Make a strong closing slide

Remind the audience of what they just got.
Close with a strong call-to-action (AKA what you want your audience to do when the presentation is over).
The CTA here: “share this presentation on Twitter to be able to download this deck”.
Design each slide like a pro

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16) Stick to one message per slide
You can do this exercise to make sure your slide is focused on delivering ONE core message, idea or concept to
your audience:
The purpose of this slide is to [ ____ ]
For example:
The purpose of this slide is to [ show that our sales increased by 25% this year ]
17) Each body slide has 3-4 elements
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Headline to grab the attention
Sub-headlines give you more information and further
Illustration: to get your attention and to illustrate the point more fullyspee
Copy: to convey the main selling message of the slide
18) Make your slide headlines visible (use the 30% rule)
I like to use the 30% rule because it’s very easy:
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Use approx. 1/3 of your slide area to integrate a headline that wraps up the content of your slide.
Why it works:
Using the 30% rule forces you to allocate enough space for the part that matters the most: wrap up your slide’s
main selling point in one catchy headline (more on how to do that here).
19) Get to the point

Begin by asking yourself:
“What would I like them to remember about this data?”

“What is it I want your audience to get from your data?”
“What’s the message I want them to take away?”
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20) Integrate stylish backgrounds

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21) Integrate stylish shapes
Get my favorites PowerPoint shapes right here (includes detailed examples on how to use them).
22) Use icons
Lemme ask you a quick question:
Which of these slides sounds more appealing to you?
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This post shows you how to integrate icons in your presentation slides. Here are great, free icon resources:
Flaticon
Freepik ♥
Icon Finder
The Noun Project
22) Use ags

Grab these editable ag shapes to spice up your slides.
23) Use stickers
Get them here.
24) Use world maps
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Grab your editable world maps here.
Get your creative juices owing
25) Steal like a boss

Create a folder on your desktop and title it “Swipe File”.
Anytime you see a beautiful slide design, just add it to your swipe le.
Set up individual folders or labels to organize your ndings well and save time (E.g. “Great Cover Slides”,
“Business Slides”, etc). Pretty soon, you’ll have a huge bucket of inspiration that you can tap into when working
on your own presentations.
Here’s how my own swipe le looks like:
26) Head over to the best sources of inspiration
These resources will help you ll in your Swipe le with solid PowerPoint presentation design inspirations:
Dribbble
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Slideshare ♥
The 3-step process to hack slide design
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Edith Abou Mansour • 9 months ago

Thank you for the useful tips and links! One of the difficult things to present is numbers and it's just horrible when you have a big
chart that covers all the slide... People don't realize that you lose your audience with so many figures, instead of getting to the point
as you say!
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Shiro Yura • 9 months ago

I really like what you did in here ^^ , you give me a different view about ppt
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Here Are 26 Presentation Design Tips & Ideas You’ll Love

You see amigo, chances are that your presentation is designed to

Then let’s get started !

Here’s a fact that may surprise you…

26 Presentation Design Tips And Guidelines That’ll Make You

“How to create a good presentation? It’s so hard to get started.”

Start with the basics

1) Customize your slides size

Here’s how to customize your slide design !

2) Use quality visuals (a lot)

Here’s my personal favorite free-to-use visual resources:

More photo resources right here.

Check out these amazing sites with beautiful free photography!

3) Apply a solid, consistent color theme

I recommend the use of TWO or THREE colors.

But like that:

Associated with your company guidelines or culture

Here’s the color wheel:

4) Choose easy-to-read fonts

Plan Your Next Trip Find driving directions, alternative

Just like that:

For free and creative font options, check out:

5) Apply grid systems

Wanna know why they work great?

6) Use the CRAP principle

The CRAP principle: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment, Proximity.

7) Use the dominance principle

8) Make sure it’s perfectly visible and readable

10) Use white space

Design your slides

12) Craft an attention-grabbing opening slide

13) Design your body slides (use this business template)

15) Make a strong closing slide

Design each slide like a pro

The purpose of this slide is to [ ____ ]

17) Each body slide has 3-4 elements

Headline to grab the attention

Sub-headlines give you more information and further

Copy: to convey the main selling message of the slide

19) Get to the point

“What would I like them to remember about this data?”

20) Integrate stylish backgrounds

21) Integrate stylish shapes

Which of these slides sounds more appealing to you?

22) Use ags

23) Use stickers

Get them here.

24) Use world maps

Get your creative juices owing

25) Steal like a boss

Here’s how my own swipe le looks like:

26) Head over to the best sources of inspiration

Graphic River Read more

Additional resources you’ll love

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Edith Abou Mansour • 9 months ago