Office 2013 In Depth

18. Advanced Presentation Formatting, Themes, and Masters

Creating PowerPoint presentations that are both informative and visually appealing means you must walk a fine line between the actual purpose of your presentation and its overall design. To get your message across, you must create slides that are both easy to read and easy to understand. PowerPoint slides are meant to hit the high points related to your subject matter and provide a guide to both you and the audience as you walk them through the information.

Even the most informative and easy-to-understand presentation, however, can be plagued by visually unappealing slides or slides that are not uniform in fonts, colors, and design elements. In this chapter, we look at options for formatting ...