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- Text and Graphics shouldn't compete for attention
- Font Tip: USE CAPITALIZATION WITH CARE
- Font Tip: Avoid High Tech and Modern Typefaces
- Reduce monotony & increase attention with full-screen images
- Simplify diagrams with graphics or handouts
- Use images to reinforce numeric data
- Font Tip: Limit Serif Fonts
- Use a professional template
- Content First, Then Visuals
- Reduce clutter: Span bullet points across multiple pages
- Think Efficiently & Use the Keyboard
- Reduce clutter: Eliminate the template
- Reduce clutter: Provide more breathing space
- Reduce clutter: Create interactivity within your slides
- Reduce clutter: Create a video montage of your graphics
- Reduce clutter: Use animations to introduce text and elements
- Make Alternate and Hidden Versions of Slides
- Reduce clutter: Align your graphics
- Color Tip: Using BLACK in your presentation
- Dont get caught by the clock!
- Color Tip: Using BLUE in your presentation
- Color Tip: Colors to Avoid in your presentation
- Color Tip: Using GREEN in your presentation
- Font Tip: Employ weight contrast for visual interest
- Font Tip: Use script-based fonts sparingly
- Font Tip: Investigate Slab Serif Typefaces like Lucida and Tahoma
- Font Tip: Restrict stylized typefaces
- Font Tip: Fine-tune the details
- Font Tip: Include/Embed Your Fonts
- Study Menus and Dont be Afraid to Try
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