1. Guidelines to Good Visual Aids
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2. Make the font big enough!
• Can you read this?
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3. Make the Font Easy to Read
(do you think these are ok?)
• This is my text.
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4. Is this better?
• This is my text.
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5. Pay attention to contrast
• Can you read this?
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6. Don’t get too fancy
• Check out my awesome use of awesome
textures.
• So awesome, don’t you think???????!?!?!

7. Be Consistent with Fonts & Colors
• Don’t change fonts from slide to slide.
• Don’t change backgrounds during your
presentation
• Consistent: means, keep it the same
throughout

8. PROOFREAD
• Nuthing maks u look stoopider then mispeling
thangs on ur presentashion
• Also, it will KILL your credibility if there are
grammar, spelling or factual errors in your
presentation.
• Fact check, grammar check, spell check & USE
YOUR OWN EYES!

9. Be choosy with your images
• Make sure they are the right size (not
pixilated), avoid using images with
watermarks.

10. Testing, testing….
• Make sure you test your presentation over
and over, and practice it along with giving your
speech out loud.
• You might want to indicate in your speech
script directions, such as: “Change slide.”
“Click now.”
• Be mindful of timing when using visual aids –
they will add time to your presentation!