The Rookie Coder

Please!, Stop killing powerpoint

Hello,

PowerPoint is one thing that we all love and we all love to hate. PowerPoint can be used for the greater good but also the greater bad and more times then ever it is used for the greater bad.

To put all of this in perspective, here is a little example of when PowerPoint is used for the right cause.

1. When you want to summerise what you are talking about.
2. When you want to put up a “Point Of Focus” i.e present a title or keyword that will help people remeber what you are talking about.
3. If you want to flash some pretty pictures.

Thats it! nothing more!

Infront of me I have a PowerPoint document that shows everything about exactly what it should NOT be used for.
Here is a few simple points that people should usually avoid:

1. Power point it not a document format, If you want to write a document, use .doc or .odt dont try and cram everything you have to say into that small little area.
2. Format what you are going to say. A blob of text will still look like a blob of text on a bigger screen.
3. Use BULLET POINTS SPARINGLY….. They are not designed to mark the start of a new line, they are designed to draw attention to a point.

Now if you will excuse me, I have to follow a PowerPoint tutorial on Data Mining.