Editing a Powerpoint

Hello fellow bloggers/students!

For our module two assignment, we were asked to make at least five corrections to a powerpoint presentation sent to us, then post our new and improved powerpoint presentation as well as list all of the changes we did make in the powerpoint presentation. So, here are all of the changes I made in the powerpoint presentation.

Changes which were made:
• The background color was changed so that it was synchronized with all slides and it was in a color which fit well with the text color. the text stands out but it does not hurt the readers eyes.

• I used word art for the title so that it would stand out, I also made the title a bit more specific so the class would know what the powerpoint was about as well as enlarging the size of the title.

• A picture which was associated with the powerpoint title was put on the title page which I believe would help focus the student's attention.

•I got rid of the animation where the words would appear backwards and one at a time. This becomes quite frustrating for the audience to watch. Instead I have all of my information becoming available with one click of the mouse. This way the class can read ahead, to a point and know what is coming next in the presentation.

• The information was cut down quite a bit for my version, I believe that there was so much information on the powerpoint, the presenter would simply be repeating the same thing vocally, which is not the purpose of a powerpoint in my mind, it would be redundant. Also there was quite a bit of information that I found to be completely useless in the powerpoint, and it looked like it was just being used to take up space, so I got rid of it.

• In both of the slides depicting information, the text was enlarged and the color was changed. I could not even read the information in the last slide when I was working on this assignment, I had to copy and paste it into word to find out what the information was.

• In both of the information slides, the background was changed and pictures were added, I just found that both background colors in the old version were not pleasing choices to the eyes. I added pictures because I think they add to a powerpoint.

• Finally, I went through and did a final spell check to make sure everything was spelled correctly on the powerpoint, being that the original one had spelling mistakes all over the place as well as grammar mistakes

As you all can see, I ended up making more than five changes, because I found that I could not fix this powerpoint with only five changes. I tried only using five but I found I was still dissatisfied with the final product. I also found that I had to create a whole new presentation, because trying to edit the one that was already there was increasingly more difficult for me.