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We all use presentations run in college, workplace, or any other place. People use much software to create presentations like Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi, and many more. Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program created in 1987. Later PowerPoint became a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Since the late 1990’s PowerPoint rules the presentation software market with 95%. Even though we are using PowerPoint for our daily needs, we still do not follow the easy tactics and tools to beautify our presentations. Today let me share a few points with you related to a few mistakes that we do in creating our presentations and a few good tricks in PowerPoint. Let’s start with fonts. Fonts There are 4 basic fonts types namely; Serif, Sans-Serif, Script & Display fonts. Serif is traditional. They are elegant and have feet at the top and bottom. Sans Serif is the modern font. They are classy and easily readable which don’t have the feet. Casual fonts that are mimic cursive handwriting are ...

If you are doing a presentation in your college or company or any other forums, definitely you might use presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint or web-based software like Prezi or any other platform. Presentation software is handy that can be used with simple techniques to describe complex information and data. Let me share a few dos and dont's in a presentation. Do's  Think carefully to draft the presentation. Treat the presentation as a story. Eye contact is essential; if you lose it, it's difficult to get the interest back. Engage with the audience (asking questions, getting feedback & let them talk) Slow down when you emphasize something; pauses are important.  Be visual (Use pictures and videos. If you are a better storyteller, you don't need many visuals) Design the slides so that they are easy to see from the back of the room. Better to go with 16:9 slide size rather than 4:3. Be consistent in animations and transitions. (stick to a few animation typ...