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VISUAL AIDS

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What To Do

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  • Keep slides simple
  • Have only one idea per slide
  • Use key words, not sentences
  • Average 3 - 5 lines per slide – 3-5 words per line

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VISUAL AIDS

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What To Do

Use color

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  • Black, blue and green

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  • Blue with red coming in second

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What Not To Do

  • Avoid purple, brown, pink and yellow

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  • Do not do the whole chart in red

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VISUAL AIDS

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What To Do

Choose fonts that are clear and easy to read

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  • Use the same fonts
  • Put titles and major headings in 44- to 36-point type
  • Make subheads and other text 36- to 32-point
  • Copy­right credits are best in 10-point type

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VISUAL AIDS

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What To Do

Use the right fonts

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  • Verdana is a great title font

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  • Arial or Tahoma are very clear

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VISUAL AIDS

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What Not To Do

Fonts

  • Avoid using ALL CAPS

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  • Avoid “Times New Roman”

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DEALING WITH NUMBERS

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Years

1994

nineteen ninety-four

2009

two thousand and nine

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DEALING WITH NUMBERS

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Decimals

13.8

thirteen point eight

17.35 %

seventeen point three five percent

0.145

zero/nought point one four five

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DEALING WITH NUMBERS

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Fractions

⅓ one-third

⅔ two-thirds

¾ three-quarters

⅗ three-fifths

4/9 four ninths

1012 ten to the power of twelve

42 four squared

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DEALING WITH NUMBERS

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Bigger numbers

357 m²

three hundred and fifty-seven square metres

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1,560

one thousand five hundred and sixty (BrE)/ sixty (AmE)

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DEALING WITH NUMBERS

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Bigger numbers

296,350

two hundred and ninety-six thousand, three hundred and fifty (BrE)

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1,300,502

one million three hundred thousand, five hundred two (AmE)

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VISUAL AIDS

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Charts and Graphs

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"A picture is worth a thousand words“

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presenting and explaining data

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  • Use pictures, graphs & symbols instead of words and numbers

  • The best visual is the real thing; the next best thing is a picture of it

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Bar graphs are best for comparisons

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Pie graphs are best for showing distribution of percentages

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