5.  canplay will vary between operating
systems. Macintosh programs prefer to use
Quicktime Movie (.mov) formats. Therefore,
PowerPoint for Mac allows these types
movie types; however, they generally will
not play on a PC that is running PowerPoint
for Windows. Similarly, Windows uses
Windows Media files (.wmv). These types of
movies will not play in Macintosh.
Therefore, if you plan to use movie on a Mac
and Windows platform, MPEG files are
your best option.

6.  Microsoft or WMV is
a format that was created by Microsoft
specifically for playing high quality videos in
Windows with Microsoft's Media Player. This
file type is also compatible with Microsoft's
PowerPoint; therefore, it is usually your best
choice for playing videos inside PowerPoint.

7. , or AVI files, are the standard audio and
video format in Windows. Microsoft developed this file type in
order to capture files from A/V devices; therefore, most videos
that come from a recorder are saved as AVI files. PowerPoint can
usually play AVI files because it a format that is commonly used.
One concern with AVI files is that video files are large and
require a lot of space. This also means that they will play slower
in PowerPoint. You can compress the video; however, this will
make the image pixellated.

8. developed a
standard for smaller video formats that
display at practically the same quality as AVI
files. The standards are continually improving
the quality of compressed videos. As a result,
developers have several different file
extensions including MPEG, MPG, MP3 and
M1V. However, PowerPoint can only play
videos in MPG and MPEG. These two file
types usually contain separate layers for the
audio and video.

9.  In
addition to the three common file types,
PowerPoint can include some
, or ASF. This file type is
an open source audio and video format.
Because it is open source, it is encoded with
Codecs. ASF can be played in many different
types of media players, including PowerPoint.
PowerPoint uses this format when you
publish your presentation for streaming

10.  Theuses of PowerPoint it seem to be endless.
Almost any presentation can be enhanced
through visual and sound effects, and this
application has become the standard tool to
do so. Unfortunately, it is often misused and
almost everyone at some time in their life has
experienced the dreaded "death by
PowerPoint."

11.  iscommonly used by presenters as a digital
aid when presenting their topic to an
audience. Microsoft has called this type of
software a "presentation", which is a
misnomer.

12.  Startlearning PowerPoint right from the
beginning. Your first PowerPoint presentation
does not have to be an intimidating process.
With every skill you mastered in the past, you
were a beginner once. Learning how to use
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14.  The first point and most important about
using fonts in presentations is to make
sure that there is sharp contrast between
the color of the fonts on the slide and the
color of the slide background. Little
contrast = Little readability.

15.  Stickto fonts that are common to every
computer. No matter how fabulous you think
your font looks, if the displaying computer
doesn’t have it installed, another font will be
substituted – often skewing the look of your
text on the slide.

16.  Be consistent. Stick to two, or at most,
three fonts for the whole presentation. Use
the slide master before you start entering
text to establish the chosen fonts on the
slides. This avoids having to change each
slide individually.

17.  Seriffonts are the ones with little tails or
“curly-ques” attached to each letter. Times
New Roman is an example of a serif font.
These types of fonts are easiest to read on
slides with more text –- (More text on slides is
something to avoid if at all possible when
making a PowerPoint presentation).
Newspapers and magazines use serif fonts for
the text in the articles as they are easier to
read.

18.  Avoid using all capital letters – even
for headings. All caps are perceived
as SHOUTING, and the words are
more difficult to read.

19.  Choose a different font for the
headlines and the bullet points. This
makes text slides a little bit more
interesting. Bold the text whenever
possible so that it is easily readable at
the back of the room.

20.  Avoid script type fonts -- always.
These fonts are hard to read at the
best of times. In a darkened room,
and especially at the back of the
room, they are almost impossible to
decipher.

21.  Avoid italics unless it is to make a
point – and then make sure to bold
the text for emphasis. Italics pose the
same problems as script type fonts –
they are often hard to read.

22.  Don’t use anything smaller than an 18
point font – and preferably a 24 point as
the minimum size. Not only will this
larger sized font fill up your slide so there
is not so much empty space, it will also
limit your text. Too much text on a slide is
evidence that you are a novice at making
presentations.

23.  Usethe “dim text” feature for bullet
points. This places the emphasis on the
current issue and brings it to the forefront
while you are making your point.