It's hard to get going with Slideshares. Particularly, if you're an absolute beginner. We've shared some tips on how to start off creating Slideshares in Powerpoint that are simple, consistent and yet still professional. Enjoy!
How to Create a Professional Slideshare for Absolute Beginners
1. How To Create a ProfessionalSlideshare for Absolute Beginners!
2. Learn How To…
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Create an Outline in Powerpoint
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Create a Solid Base Design
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Create Main Headers that are simple, consistent and stylish.
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Create Image-centred slides for the body of your Slideshare.
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Create a CTA that’s relevant to your Slideshare& your business.
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Put the finishing touches on your Slidesharethat will make it stand out from the rest.
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Convert to the appropriate format to be uploaded on to Slideshare.
…All in One Day!
4. Create A Very General Outline of
Slides You Want to Include.
5. Step 2: How to Create a Solid Base Design
Colour Schemes. Fonts. Background Styles.
6. Keeping in With Your Brand
Remember that all your design choices should be in keeping with the feel of your brand.
Is your brand casualor formal?
Laid back or energetic?
Funnyor serious?
8. Choose Your Colour Palette
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If you don’t have an eye for colour, use one of PowerPoint’s ready made colour themes.
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There’s also an option to customize colors for those of you for an eye for that type of stuff!
10. Unique FontsAdd to the Aesthetic Appeal of a Presentation
For a really unique look in the end product, download a fontDa Font and Font Space.
11. Step 3: The Perfect Main Headers
Simplicity. Consistency. Style.
12. Design Your Headers First
Create your headers first to ensure that they will all look the same. The headers will act as markers for your audience to let them know that you’re moving on to another sub-topic.
13. Leave your title slide blank for now.
All headers are designed at the same time to ensure that they resemble each other perfectly.
17. Top TipDon’t be afraid to allow the image to take up the majority of the slide.
18. Visualize Your Text with Smart Art
For Slides that have to have a lot of written information on it, make it visual with smart art.
Smart Art can be found in the “insert tab” in Powerpointbeside “shapes”.
Smart Art makes your information more visual, and therefore, easier to understand in a slideshare.
You can use them for lists, processes, hierarchies, relationships, cycles and much more!
23. Add Details to Slides to Make Them More Polished
Format images so that they stand out more.
Use the “text shadow” option on titles to make them more apparent.
Add borders to slides.
Add additional images to slides.
Play around with the layout of your slides.