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PowerPoint is a terrific medium because it allows you to reinforce your message
with visual prompts. But too often, the power of PowerPoint is lost because the
speaker doesn't use it to help viewers focus on the message. Instead,
PowerPoint itself becomes the focus.
If you want to feel more relaxed and confident the next time you're using
PowerPoint to present, try these three tips to maintain the focus on your
topic—not the medium.
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1. Be consistent on all pages by using the Master View
If you're tired of typing the date, presentation title, or page number on
every page in your presentation—or changing bullet styles and
indentations—listen up. PowerPoint will do this for you! The
Master View feature allows you to enter information once on either the title
page or an interior slide page. Once entered, the information is used
consistently throughout the presentation, and remains until you change it.
I use this feature on every presentation I create. It makes my life a little
easier to know that each page will be consistent without much effort on my
part. Let's take a look specifically at how PowerPoint can automatically take
care of the date, footer, and page numbers for you.
From anywhere within your presentation, go to the View menu, click Master,
and then click Slide Master. You will now be in the Master View mode, as
shown here.
