These are example of Sticky Presentations. The article discuss how to use highlight to create focus in presentation slides for better visibility of targeted content.

1. Bite Idea 005
Highlight to create focus
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2. Highlighting
key
information
in
presentation
visuals
are
important
as
it
guides
the
audience
to
focus
on
a
speci7ic
area
or
content
during
your
presentation
delivery.
This
eliminates
the
need
for
your
audience
to
search
for
information
that
is
buried
among
the
sea
of
other
information
that
you
might
have
included
in
your
presentation.
Information
to
highlight
can
be
an
image,
words,
a
sentence,
part
of
a
chart
or
part
of
a
diagram.
This
also
helps
you,
the
presenter,
to
immediately
identify
key
information
during
your
presentation
delivery
and
allows
you
to
get
straight
to
the
point.
Identify
which
information
is
key
then
apply
one
of
these
highlighting
methods.
Let's
take
a
look
at
some
examples
below.
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3. Before. At times you might need to extract a
lengthy paragraph or two from a policy or
legal document to display on your
presentation slide. You can't summarise or
reword it because doing so might alter the
meaning.
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4. Before
NIH Policy #63
The
Director
of
the
National
Institutes
of
Health
shall
require
that
all
investigators
funded
by
the
NIH
submit
or
have
submitted
for
them
to
the
National
Library
of
Medicine’s
PubMed
Central
an
electronic
version
of
their
7inal,
peer-­‐reviewed
manuscripts
upon
acceptance
for
publication,
to
be
made
publicly
available
no
later
than
12
months
after
the
of7icial
date
of
publication:
Provided,
That
the
NIH
shall
implement
the
public
access
policy
in
a
manner
consistent
with
copyright
law.
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5. After. An effective method to bring your
audience to key information embedded in
paragraphs of text is to use a highlighter
effect on the key information. This can be
achieved easily using the highlighter tool on
PowerPoint or just draw a coloured rectangle
box behind the key information.
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6. After
NIH Policy #63
The
Director
of
the
National
Institutes
of
Health
shall
require
that
all
investigators
funded
by
the
NIH
submit
or
have
submitted
for
them
to
the
National
Library
of
Medicine’s
PubMed
Central
an
electronic
version
of
their
7inal,
peer-­‐reviewed
manuscripts
upon
acceptance
for
publication,
to
be
made
publicly
available
no
later
than
12
months
after
the
of7icial
date
of
publication:
Provided,
That
the
NIH
shall
implement
the
public
access
policy
in
a
manner
consistent
with
copyright
law.
Thursday, 7 March, 13

7. Before. Key point from a presentation is
displayed on this visual. Within it there are
also keywords that are not seen easily.
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8. Before
New methods of forest
farming have been
developed to conserve
the forest and create
employment.
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9. After. Using colors is another method to
highlight keywords within the key point.
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10. After
New methods of forest
farming have been
developed to conserve
the forest and create
employment.
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11. After. Another effective method is to use text
styling for the highlight. Apply the BOLD style
to selected keywords is easily achievable with
PowerPoint or any presentation software.
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12. After
New methods of forest
farming have been
developed to conserve
the forest and create
employment.
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13. Before. A colourful chart can be interesting
but is be difficult to read. There is no focus
point to bring the audience attention to.
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14. Before
15
10
5
Apples Bananas Durians Grapes Papayas Pears
Sales of Grapes in Singapore
to reach $10 million
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15. After. Using only one or two colours is better
in this situation to convey the message.
Immediately your eyes will be guided to the
purple colour area of the chart where the key
information is located in this visual.
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16. After
15
10
5
Apples Bananas Durians Grapes Papayas Pears
Sales of Grapes in Singapore
to reach $10 million
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17. Before. This slide shows images of various
serving techniques in tennis. The images are
position neatly on the slide and is a good
overview slide. If the presentation is going to
elaborate on each individual image then we
need to ensure that the image in question is
highlighted.
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18. Before
Tennis Swings
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19. After. In this example, we use sizing to create
the highlight for the selected image. Enlarge
the image in question. At the same time we
reduce the contrast of the other images in the
background so that they are less visible. This
is achievable in PowerPoint by reducing the
transparency level of these background
images.
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20. After
Preparing to Serve
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21. Always remember that it is important to help
your audience focus on the key message show
in your presentation visuals. This ensures that
your audience will always be engaged during
your presentation.
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