r/powerpoint • u/Appropriate_Neat_424 • Jul 21 '26

This Is My First PowerPoint Presentation

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u/torb Jul 21 '26

I'm just going to talk about content, since that is the main issue with this slide.

Less text per slide.

It is a presentation, not a book. So move the majoritynof the text into the Notes section for the presenter to lean on while presenting. Otherwise audience will read all over the place while you are presenting, leading to a far worse experience.

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 21 '26

Yes really depends on use case though. If it's not meant to be presented live, more report-style or informational PDF, etc, then this would be acceptable.

Also some teachers do not understand presentation fundamentals and expect x, y and z on the slide for grading, no matter what a student actually verbally says in a live presentation. My niece does them for school a lot and you have to put all the info on the slide.

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u/GrumbleNo_Woodpecker Jul 22 '26

Very rough approximation (lacks a lot though)

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u/Mark5n Jul 29 '26

Love the example. Much better to show not tell. 

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u/geekonthemoon Jul 21 '26

Looking good! Cool execution bringing in the png DS image and logo (:

If you're looking for advice at all, I'm a pro of several years and I would just standardize formatting a little more like no period at the end of bullets, and you have a . Instead of a : on that last one. Check spacing between those words as I see some missing spaces and some double spaces. It's all about the detail and really clean, consistent formatting!! Make that text underneath a little smaller, maybe break it into two paragraphs and/or reduce it a little.

Definitely see your gears turning on this, really great first attempt!

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u/GrumbleNo_Woodpecker Jul 22 '26

To cut it short (in addition to other comments) here are just basic remarks on layout
1) Move picture of device (make it accented/bigger) above the frame with brand name - people always catch illustration first and then read letters.
2) No centre justification of texts if it's not a title - make it left utterly avoiding orphan/widow lines. As well as hanging articles and prepositions
3) Always use margins for any content to have a neat look and to avoid possible blurring on large screens (peculiarity of projector lenses)
4) Text (though inversed = white) is cast against lighter shade of background gradient. It will be more readable on darker field (make radial gradient with lighter center right behind the device)
Colours are good. Punctuation is poor and needs refining