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PowerPoint Tricks
Five tips for effective storyboarding
1. Set up your palettes
· Dock ‘em!
Align tool
Distribute tool
Order tool
· Use the “Relative to Slide.”
2. Stick with a shape
· Choose a “threaded shape” – a shape that will repeat throughout your course.
· Convert straggler shapes (e.g. go from a square to a circle) using “Change autoshape.”
· Float your text.
o Right click > Format Autoshape > Text Box > Text anchor point.
o Right click > Format Autoshape > Text Box > Internal margin.· Change shape sizes
o Hold “Shift” button to retain proportions when sizing.
o Hold “Control” button to retain center point when sizing.
o Right click > Format Autoshape > Text Box > Resize autoshape to fix text.
3. Provide a visual road map
· Carry your colors throughout.
· Repeat your formula (e.g. “Consider this,” “Quick summary,” “Up next”).
4. Keep it clean
· Break up busyness with shape and color.
· Use your “Set transparent color” tool.
· Use the “Format painter.”
5. Hang on to “good stuff”
· Add your “Color Chart” to all files, then delete at end.
· Repurpose, borrow, and expand!
