August 2008
Intermediate to advanced
294 pages
7h 23m
English
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CHAPTER 6
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Arranging Elements
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Placement of Elements Creates Meaning
Quite possibly, how slides are arranged has the most impact on
whether a slide’s message is visually clear. Arrangement tells a story.
Based on the arrangement decisions a designer makes, a slide can
prompt feelings of tension, confusion, and agitation; conversely, it
can maximize clarity by employing the following:
Contrast
The audience can identify the main point quickly.
Flow
The audience knows the order in which to process the information.
Hierarchy
The audience sees the relationship between elements.
Unity
The audience senses that the information belongs together.
Proximity
The audience perceives meaning from the location of elements.
Whitespace
The audience has visual breathing room.
These are the tools of the slide design trade. It’s tough to assemble
a great slide without paying close attention to each of these issues.
Luckily, these are intuitive concepts that may already be familiar
to you.
Arranging Elements 93
Slides begin and end with ideas. It’s your job to take these invisible,
abstract ideas and determine how they can be best represented in
a tangible, visual form. It’s the presenter’s responsibility ...
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