| Graphics are essential in an effective slide presentation, and it's important that they be appropriate for your audience and venue. You must select or create graphics that your audience can understand easily. For example, you don't want to present scatter graphs if your listeners have no experience in interpreting them. You must also consider the size of the graphics you choose. Graphics visible in a small meeting room may be indistinguishable in a large auditorium. Consider also the layout of the room. Will a window create glare that you will have to consider as you plan the type or placement of the graphics? |
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The slide below is targeted to an audience unfamiliar with cascading style sheets, which are rules used to format Web pages. Thus, the graphic is easy to understand, showing only one concept. The CSS rule about "Absolute positioning" appears on the left. The graphic shows what happens to the green object when the rule is applied. |
Revise, resize, and crop graphics as appropriate. If a graphic will not fit reasonably on the slide, find another way to present the information. |
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This slide is unattractive because the table is too large for the slide. The presenter should revise the table so that it is smaller or put the table on a handout instead of a slide. |
