i) match design to purpose - decide your what is your presentation is meant to be? is it for entertain purpose? persuade purpose? selling purpose? or whatnot.
ii) keep it simple - cut the clutter, no more than 2 font families were used, maximum one graphic image/chart is enough per slide.
iii) be consistent - go for the same color and fonts throughout and select same style graphic images. (Bear, n.d.)
So what is the purpose of creating a good powerpoint presentation? It is to grab viewer's attention, clearly communicate your presentation as well as stay in control ofyour presentation. (12 tips for creating better presentations, n.d.)
Figure 1.0
Figure 2.0
The above slides are not balance as the whole table should be on one page instead of seperating it into two. This caused unbalance. A page unbalance would probably jar the reader as the page filled with information followed by a page with only one column. (Reep, n.d.)
Figure 3.0
Besides, the presentation is not consistency. Consistency refers to presenting similar feature in similar style. (Reep, n.d.) The typeface which is the using the same style and size for headings or same kind of information should be applied. For example, the heading in figure 1.0 - The Differences and the heading in figure 3.0 - Introduction should be using the same font, size as well as style(bold/unbold).
However, one good thing about this presentation is graphic aids being created such as table and graphic images. It is essential in helping readers to understand more on the presented topic.
Reference :
Bear, HJ n.d, Before you create a Power Point presentation, About.com, viewed 29 September 2010, http://desktoppub.about.com/od/microsoft/bb/powerpointrules.htm.12 Tips for creating better presentations n.d, Microsoft.com, viewed 29 September 2010,
http://www.microsoft.com/atwork/skills/presentations.aspx.
Reep, DC n.d, 'Document design', Technical Writing, vol. 6, pp. 133-172.
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