1. Selection of page size

This is the first step in choosing a slide template (many people have never used this setting). Open File → Page Setup → Select Slide Size. The default setting is the screen size, which can be changed as needed. For example, a 35mm page is wider than the default page.

2. General template for slides

You can find many commonly used templates through search engines, especially the Office XP series. Because different color schemes can be selected for the same template (right-click on the page → "Slide Color Matching"), there are many choices. However, users will also find that there are too few favorite templates, which are frequently used by others and lack creativity.

Make your own template

Because templates can be edited, it is not difficult to design a unique template. First, select a slide template, and then select Menu View → Master. There are generally two styles: title master and text master. At this time, many things that cannot be changed in normal view can be edited, and even the color of the text can be edited uniformly. For example, if you want each slide to have its own school badge, you can insert it directly into the motherboard. The above operation is not complicated, but it is relatively difficult to design a brand-new template. The author's strategy is to find a favorite template, and then make some changes, it looks different.

4. Return to simple template

If you do more slides, you won't like fancy templates. Because the template is too fancy, it will affect the expression process and make the audience pay too much attention to the template, thus ignoring the actual content to be expressed in the slide. In addition, choosing an unused template is also risky. If you have no experience in color matching and the color of the computer has not been corrected, the display on the computer screen will be very different from that on the projector screen. Especially if the background color is similar to the text color, the effect will be poor in very bright places. If it is a defense or academic report, it is recommended to choose simple and clear slides, which can show a serious academic atmosphere.

5. Basic requirements of templates

(1) Try to choose templates with the same background color, and at least keep the same color in the text or pictures. If two or more background colors are used, the contrast is large, and the color matching of the text is difficult to coordinate and looks too fancy.

(2) The color of the text or picture should not be too close to the background color, and there should be a certain contrast. For example, with the blue sky and white clouds as the background, the words on the white clouds are not clearly displayed. At the same time, try not to have more than three colors in a slide, and don't have multiple colors under a theme. Sometimes, for emphasis, using multiple colors in a sentence can give people a harsh feeling.

(3) The color matching of the whole slide should be consistent. For example, the title should be blue and the title of the slide should be as blue as possible. The font size, font and line spacing are consistent, and even the position and size of illustrations should not be changed at will.

(4) In the choice of "appearance mode" of words and charts, animation can be used appropriately, but not too much. When displaying different contents on the same slide, you can consider using animation.

6. Recommended templates

(1) White background: black, red and blue characters can be selected. If you feel that it is not rich enough, you can change the local background color.

(2) Blue background: dark blue is preferred, and it can be matched with white text or yellow text (light yellow and orange), but deep red should be avoided. This is the most commonly used, safest and simplest color scheme.

(3) Black background: with white characters and yellow characters (orange is better than light yellow).

These three color matching methods can ensure the quality of slide show. If this is the first time, it is highly recommended. Generally speaking, slides should not only have text, but also add pattern diagrams or flow charts to add color to the slides. You can also add a little lace, add a line between the title and the text, or insert icons of schools and hospitals to avoid the monotony of the slide show.

Second, the role of words.

As the main body of slides, the expression and processing of words are very important. The general principles are as follows:

1. Words cannot be too many, so don't paste the whole paragraph of Word document into the slide.

2. The text in the text box generally does not need to be expressed in complete sentences. Try to use suggestive words and avoid piling up a lot of words. Let the audience read it in 1 minute, and don't feel tired.

3. The text should be in a proper proportion in a slide, avoid shrinking into half a slide, and don't "stand on top" and leave no boundaries.

4. Each slide usually needs a title and a paragraph of text, especially when there is a lot of text. Without the title, it is difficult to find out the key points, and the audience has no patience to look for them line by line.

Attention should be paid to the details of text arrangement:

1. font size: the default text size of commonly used PowerPoint, and the general title is 44 or 40. The text should be No.32, generally not less than No.24 and not less than No.20..

2. Spacing between lines: The arrangement of words in the text, generally about 20-25 words per line, not more than 6-7 lines. Do not exceed 10 lines. There should be a certain spacing between lines and paragraphs, and the distance between titles (paragraph spacing) should be greater than line spacing.

3. Font selection: As a slide of defense, it is suggested that the Chinese font should be Song Ti, the English font should be Times New Romans and the Chinese font should be bold. You can also choose other fonts, but you should avoid rare fonts. If the computer used for defense does not have this font at that time, it will not only affect the defense mood, but also affect the quality of slides.

4. Font color: The choice of font color is related to the template, generally no more than three. You should choose a color that is obviously different from the background color, but don't think that red is bright, and it is not appropriate to choose a similar color (described in the template color matching last class). The font color of the title should be different from the text font, and the title of the same level should use the same font color and size. Try to use the same color in a sentence. If two colors are used, please use them uniformly throughout the slide.

5. Clear the hierarchy: content order: topic->; Outline-> Content-> End (thanks). When the content of each page is divided into several dots, it is best to have a subtitle; If the contents of these points are to be expressed in several pages, you can animate the headline on the first page, and then copy and modify the following pages. There is no animation in the titles of the last few pages, which makes people feel that the titles are not moving, just changing the contents below.

6. Add notes: If you are afraid of forgetting words in your defense, you can add notes to the block diagram. You can add effects to annotations by selecting annotations from the optional shapes in the drawing bar. Select the effect option in the triangle arrow below the effect, and change "After animation is played" to "Hide after next click". Try it. It works well.

7. When there are many articles on this page, but they are all short, don't pop them up one by one. You will make mistakes, because you were nervous at that time. You should pop them up at once and say them one by one.

8. Configuration of other characters: footnotes in the slide, references cited (generally, references cited in this slide are required to be listed in the slide), materials mentioned in one sentence or repeated many times in the previous slide, and colors with similar font colors and background colors should not be too conspicuous to avoid usurping the role of the host.

Third, the production of flow chart

Using flow chart is an important magic weapon to make high-quality slides, especially when describing the research process, it is best to use flow chart to explain.

There are many professional softwares that can be used to make flowcharts, but PowerPoint's own drawing tools are also very powerful. It uses the drawing tools commonly used in Office components, just like the drawing tools commonly used in Word: open the view → toolbar → check the drawing toolbar, and the drawing toolbar will appear at the bottom. There are tools such as drawing, drawing, lines, arrows, text boxes, artistic fonts, organization charts, clip art, and inserting pictures. The organization chart can be used to make the flow chart directly, but the way is relatively fixed.

Clip art is novice's favorite content to insert, but some people think that it is not easy to insert too many academic slides because clip art will reduce academic weight. It is very important to learn how to make directly needed pattern diagrams and flow charts by using self-selected graphics. Some autoshapes are labels that can be inserted directly into the text, and the shapes must be reinserted with text boxes. As long as you have enough patience, any form of pattern diagram can be made. Before making a pattern diagram, you must pay attention to the connection order between the graphs. Personally, I think the most useful tools are "combination" and "stacking order" Combinatorial tools can put many small pictures together, which can not only reduce repetitive work, but also avoid giving up all previous efforts. So after finishing some of the work, try to combine them. "Stacking order" can use the color difference of graphics to cover unnecessary parts. If this tool is used properly, it can not only reduce the workload, but also make use of the relationship between multiple graphs to create complex and visually beautiful graphs.

It is suggested to draw with mirosoft visio, which is simple to use. Not only can you draw a beautiful block diagram, but you can also add image clippings such as computers, mobile phones and motors to make the block diagram no longer monotonous.

Fourth, insert a picture.

With the popularity of digital cameras, pictures are more and more used in slides. Pictures are more intuitive and easier to accept than words, so you should choose pictures properly in your defense thesis.

The process of inserting a picture is relatively simple, and this paper mainly focuses on the picture format. Because of its small capacity, JPG format is the most commonly used picture format in slide production. TIFF format is relatively large, and too much use of this format will produce a large slide file. Slide files are too large to carry, which will slow down the computer. At present, it is difficult to distinguish TIFF and JPG images with the same resolution when viewed on a computer screen. TIFF format pictures are mainly used for publishing and papers, and are not the best choice for slide production. The conversion of picture format can be completed by software such as Phtoshop and Acdesee.

This is what I saw in the paper check in the school bar. I hope I can help you.