The Non-Designer’s Presentation Book: principles for effective presentation design

Index

A

active voice, 30–31

Adobe InDesign, 128

alignment, 95–102

align the text in the bullet points, 123

centered is an alignment, 104

combine the strong edges, 106

vertical text alignment in text box, 119

animation, 55–64

animated clip art, 52

boat action, 62

calls attention to itself, creates a focal point, 56–57, 64

headlines change, add animation, 87

charts can benefit, 63

examples of, 58–59, 133

two important points, 64

what “never use animation” means, 133

Arial font

alternatives to Arial, 48, 89, 92

if you really want to use it, 140

tends to be boring, 36

aspect ratio, how to maintain it, 124

Autofit feature in PowerPoint, 118

B

backgrounds

can be difficult to read, 49, 80

how to fix, 81

can use more than one, 134

complex info, simple ...