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Second way. Add a template when creating a presentation

One of the differences between the 2010 version of PowerPoint and the 2007 version is that the Office button has disappeared from the menu. Now its role is played by the tab File.

To create a new presentation based on a template, you need to go to the tab File and select item Create. A window will open with available themes and templates from Microsoft Office. As in PowerPoint 2007, this collection contains not only templates, but also diagrams, diagrams, cards, slides with ready-made backgrounds, books, forms, etc.

You can go through each category and see the templates and other materials available. The screenshot, for example, shows available presentations for educational institutions.

The search field is now located in the middle of the window. This is a very useful tool for finding templates that must meet certain criteria. For example, if we enter the query “green background”, the result will be 35 templates with a green background. Time saving in its purest form.

Third way. Alternative PowerPoint Templates

The themes provided do not always meet our needs. But most often you can find a suitable template on the Internet, made by both professional companies and big fans of creating templates with their own hands.

There are quite a lot of sites that provide their presentation templates for a fee or free of charge, so finding them is not a problem. Including ours for creating PowerPoint presentations.

Other resources can be found in the section

When a suitable template is found, in order to start creating a presentation based on it, you just need to open it. 🙂

Evgenia Kryukova

Today's article will focus on how to create beautiful and unusual presentations in Power program Point, even if you don't have design skills. So, let's go.

How to make a presentation beautifully

Before moving on to specific tips, I would like to make a small digression. I’m not a designer, I don’t know how to draw at all, and all my skills in Photoshop come down to performing banal basic actions. But despite this, I love and know how to create simple, but quite nice presentations.

Therefore, if there are people among the readers who think that they cannot create a good presentation because they do not have the talent for drawing and proper design skills, please read the following lines carefully:

Anyone can learn modern web design. Moreover, for this you do not need to study tons of professional literature or attend expensive courses. It is enough to memorize the basic rules and stock up on a large number of successful examples, looking at which you will draw inspiration. Yes, thanks to these actions, you may not become a professional designer, but you can easily create stylish pictures and presentations.

So, what rules need to be followed to make your presentation fashionable and effective:

Avoid ready-made templates

They are soulless, dull and everyone is already wildly tired of them. Better create something of your own. Moreover, now you don’t have to have design skills to do this. There are a large number of programs and services that will do all the work for you (one of these services will be discussed at the very end of the article).

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Use a good color combination

One of the most common mistakes made by people unfamiliar with modern web design trends is that they choose an extremely poor combination of colors: brown, dark blue, burgundy, mustard. If you use these colors with each other, and even with a poorly chosen font, it seems that the image came to us from the 90s. Nowadays such colors are not used in web design. More precisely, they are used, but in combination with other, more pleasant and “clean” shades (so-called flat colors).

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If what I said above is not entirely clear to you, and you still don’t know what colors to choose, use the resource flatuicolorpicker.com. This is a site with very fashionable and juicy combinations. To copy the code of the color you like, select the desired format (RGBA, RGB, HEX or CMYK) and left-click on it.

Another way to find a good palette is to find a picture you like and break it down into colors using Adobe Kuler. To do this, follow the link I provided, click on the camera icon and upload the image you like.

It seems to me that this method is best suited for color layout of landing pages or some simple images from design communities (such as behance.net), because They usually use a few colors and they all go very well together. But in general it can be used to layout any images.

Once the service has issued the finished palette, you need to copy the code for each color. To do this, use the free Colorzilla plugin. This is done as follows:

• Install the Colorzilla plugin in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.
• Click on the eyedropper in the top right corner of your browser.
• Select the Page Color Picker Active command.

• Click on the desired color to copy its code in HEX format to the clipboard (format code #ed3434 - hash and 6 characters).

• If you need the code in RGB or HSL format, click on the eyedropper, click Copy to Clipboard and select the format you need.

• Paste the code into the program you are working in.
• Ready!

Use no more than 5 colors throughout your presentation

Don't turn your presentation into a rainbow, even if your talk is on a children's topic. A large number of colors interferes with reading and perception of the meaning of the slides. It is best to use no more than 2-3 colors on one slide, taking into account the main background color. In the entire presentation - no more than five.

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Maintain contrast between text and background

It's simple here: if the background is dark, use a light font. If light, then dark. The text must be clearly readable on your slide, otherwise your audience will feel uncomfortable and instead of listening to you, they will spend their attention trying to make out what you have written there.

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Avoid shadows, gradients and other old-fashioned effects

Try to keep up with the times and design your slides so that they don't feel like a relic of the past. After all, the level of trust the audience has in you as a specialist will depend on how well you design your presentation. A good specialist is always developing and follows new trends. Bad - does not want to perceive anything new and believes that it has already fully taken place. Do you agree? Then strive for minimalism.

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Avoid low-quality stock images

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How to distinguish a low-quality stock image from a high-quality one?

Low-quality stock images have certain characteristics. They:

• used on every second website;

• contain low-quality graphics (usually on a white background);

• depict artificial situations and artificially smiling people.

Well, for dessert, here are some great pictures that make fun of the absurdity of staged stock photos, so that you finally understand how to recognize them:

Use modern fonts

Calibri, Comic Sans, Times New Roman - these fonts can be used, but I would not recommend you do this, because... they are quite boring and do not produce the desired effect on the audience. Better opt for more modern fonts. For example, Helvetica, Open Sans or Roboto. These fonts are quite simple, but suitable for almost any project.

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Where can I find good fonts?

My favorite place to search and download the fonts I need is the VKontakte group " Free fonts" There is a search and a fairly convenient menu. Next to each font there is information about whether it can be used for commercial purposes or not. For example, the font in the screenshot below is completely free, as indicated by the inscription in brackets - free font.

I also highly recommend paying attention to the monthly collections of the Infographics magazine “Free Cyrillic fonts”. This is just a treasure trove of cool Cyrillic fonts! Each font can be downloaded with one click directly from the article. True, you will have to clarify the type of license yourself; it is not indicated in the article.

The font must be readable

When choosing a font, be sure to pay attention to how well it is readable. Unusual ornate serif fonts look interesting, but sometimes they are so difficult to read that it is better to avoid them altogether.

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We are developing corporate identity: We increase brand awareness and differentiate our business from competitors.

Use no more than 3 fonts on one slide

There should be no more than three fonts in the entire presentation: a title font, a body font, and a font for frames (if necessary). If you use more fonts, your slide will look sloppy and frivolous.

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Presentation provides information to a wide range of people in various ways and methods. The purpose of each work is the transfer and assimilation of the information proposed in it. And for this today they use various methods: starting from a blackboard with chalk and ending with an expensive projector with a panel.

The presentation can be a set of pictures (photos) framed with explanatory text, built-in computer animation, audio and video files and other interactive elements.

On our website you will find a huge number of presentations on any topic that interests you. If you have any difficulties, use the site search.

On the site you can download free presentations on astronomy, get to know the representatives of flora and fauna on our planet in presentations on biology and geography. During school lessons, children will be interested in learning about the history of their country through history presentations.

In music lessons, the teacher can use interactive music presentations in which you can hear the sounds of various musical instruments. You can also download presentations on MHC and presentations on social studies. Lovers of Russian literature are not deprived of attention either; I present to you my PowerPoint works on the Russian language.

There are special sections for techies: and presentations on mathematics. And athletes can get acquainted with presentations about sports. For those who like to create their own work, there is a section where anyone can download the basis for their practical work.

A selection of presentations for every taste and for different purposes. The number of slides in the template is 20+. Available in .pptx and Google Slides formats. Use it!

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Fully editable template: easily change colors, fonts, images, and 80+ cool icons to match any color accent!

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Bright slides with watercolor texture will not leave anyone indifferent! Suitable for creative performances and presentations in the field of art.

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A bright template for presentations with small headings. The colors of the elements can be changed - you can make a presentation in a corporate style or in your favorite shades.

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Strict style for project presentation, research, financial reports and anything where there are a lot of tables. The templates are spacious!

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A template that will help you turn your presentation into a coherent story and support it with beautiful pictures.

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Spacious template! Charts, graphs, tables - everything fits.

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Minimalistic design for those who like to keep things short and to the point. It will help to place accents and draw the attention of listeners to the main thing.

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Beautiful slides with dynamic geometric shapes. Plenty of space for text and large elements, just don't overdo it.

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A stylish gradient and a dialog frame are a cool combination! Write the main idea in the frame, and in the free space you can place text, a photo or a small sign.

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A good choice for creating business and corporate presentations. If you are worried about bright orange, you can change it, for example, to blue :)

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A template that changes to suit your needs. To change the design, just change the background image to match the theme of the speech and hop! – you have a custom design with cool elements.

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A creative and lively template is suitable for presentations where it is important to place accents and use a minimum of text.

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The bright combination of black and yellow will not leave anyone indifferent! Suitable for both large texts and small accents. You can insert photos and graphics.

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Talk and show is a template for a great pitch. Minimum text, large fonts and objects. It will help you focus on the main thing and prevent you from going overboard with the text.

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Another minimalistic presentation with beautiful icons to tell the most important things.

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Bright and positive. It will not be suitable for a quarterly financial report, but there are free slides in which you can talk about the benefits of the product/project and place a couple of tables or graphs.

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A capacious template in which you can place everything you want - from large graphs to beautiful photographs. The colors can also be customized to suit your taste.

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The simple design and customizable color of the template will allow you to adapt the presentation to your company's brand. The large selection of icons and beautiful diagrams are impressive.

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The headings are boldly highlighted - it looks cool! The layout changes from background photos, so the design is in your hands. More, of course, for creative ideas.

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A simple template for lovers of minimalism. The red frame will highlight the main thing. Suitable for presenting a project, when it is important to talk about the idea, and visualization fades into the background - pictures have no place here.