PowerPoint Ideas & Hacks: Title Slides
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- 2. TITLE SLIDES CAN BE POWERFUL this is the first impression the audience gets of your content. let’s grab their attention!
- 3. What to expect in this presentation ? 8 samples/ideas of how to stylize title slides instructions on how to create each style a few resources to help you out
- 4. Design ideas what to avoid in “normal slides” and eight ideas to bring your title slides in PowerPoint to the next level
- 5. Upgrade from Normal to . . .
- 6. The Art of the Title Slide
- 8. Top 10 Ways to Get Your ART out in the World
- 9. INTERVIEW TIPS You can’t afford to ignore in your next job hunt
- 10. Get out and explore Hiking trails in northern Washington state
- 11. Top Vacation Cities You Need to Visit (before it’s too late)
- 13. State of Your Career The Unique Ways to Get that Raise
- 14. How to get it done detailed instructions on how to get these eight, awesome looks * If any of the following instructions are beyond your skill level, we recommend checking out the tutorials listed in the resources section at the end of this presentation
- 15. TheArtof the TitleSlide Image w/transparent box Overlay image (w/black, transparent box over it) Components text box Download an image you would like to use Add your photo and expand to fit vertically (crop if needed) Add a box over the entire image/slide. Use white or black fill depending on the look you’re going for and set transparency to a level that makes the text readable and the image still visible (this sample uses 50% transparency – go to ’Shape Format’ then ‘Format Pane’ to get to transparency options). Add a text box for your title. Using unique fonts will help your message stand out. See the resources page at the end of this presentation for links to great free fonts.
- 16. 12 Offbeat Encore Career Ideas Image w/transparent Gradient box overlay image Components text boxrectangle w/ transparent gradient Remember to set each gradient stop to the same level of transparency for this look Follow ALL of the steps on the previous page The only difference with this rectangle over the image and the one from the page before is that this has a gradient of colors. I’ve chosen three gradient stops = 3 colors (you can do more or less)
- 17. Top 10 Ways to Get Your ART out in the World Image w/transparent box Overlay image Components text box This sample also follows the same steps as the first example, but instead of putting a black box (w/50% transparency) over the entire image, we’ve made the box orange (37% transparency) and a bit smaller, so that it only covers a small part of the image so that the text stands out. We’ve also highlighted one word in the title by making it a different color. Did you notice on the previous slide (example 2), that we highlighted one word by using a contrasting font? box with transparent fill
- 18. INTERVIEW TIPS You can’t afford to ignore in your next job hunt image Components text box This is the almost the same as the last slide with a slight position change. The point of this page is to show you that you can take these ideas and make them work for you. Use what works best based with the image you’re using. Image and text w/ accent line box with transparent fill accent line INTERVIEW TIPS You can’t afford to ignore in your next job hunt INTERVIEW TIPS You can’t afford to ignore in your next job hunt INTERVIEW TIPS You can’t afford to ignore in your next job hunt INTERVIEW TIPS You can’t afford to ignore in your next job hunt
- 19. Get out and explore Hiking trails innorthernWashingtonstate Image and text w/ accent lines Components Download an image you would like to use Add your photo and expand to fit vertically (crop if needed) Add a text box for your title. Note that the subtitle is in a smaller text and an accent-color Completely optional, we’ve added some orange lines with transparency as a fun accent. text box image lines (optional)
- 20. Top Vacation Cities You Need to Visit (before it’s too late) Image and text w/ corner accents image Components text boxes The basic of this slide are simple (full page image + title text), but we’ve added a small accent in the corners to add a little interest You can see from the outlines that there are four individual triangles in each corner. You can use any colors you want. Add a little transparency (optional). It’s ok that they hang a little off the slide because in presentation- mode, it will display only what’s on the slide. Did you notice that this is the same effect we use on our title slides? Tip: once you’ve created the look in one corner, group the items together (select all the items, right click, select ‘group’), then copy & paste the group, rotate, and put in the opposing corner. corner accents
- 21. LARGE AND IN CHARGE ANIMAL S OF CANADA Bold image, bold font image Components text boxes I’m guessing you know how to make this one by now, but be sure to use a bold font if you’re going to take up a large amount of real estate with your rectangle and title orange box w/transparency
- 22. State of Your Career T h e Unique Ways to Get that Raise Image as text fill image (w/turquois, transparent box over it) Components text boxes Start with a navy blue background. The image at the top of the page is a cropped picture of skyscrapers with a transparent-turquois box over it. Add text boxes over the image and type the title. For the ‘25’ with the image as it’s fill, start with a picture and crop it to the approximate size you want. Add the transparent turquois box over it, then group the items together by right-clicking and selecting ‘Group”, then right-click and select “Save as Picture” Click on 25’s text box and go to shape format. Be sure to select Text Options Select the image you just created
- 23. Resources a few free resources to help you out
- 24. Free photos These sites provide copyright-free photos for no charge and are pretty dang good quality unsplash (all photos in this deck were from this site) Pixabay Free fonts There are so many free font options out there. Searching Pinterest will give you a ton of great options or visit our Presentation Resources board for some of our favorites Basic YouTube PowerPoint tutorials If you were unsure on how to complete some of the directions in this tutorial, you may want to review some of these YouTube tutorials that cover the basics. This is a great series that goes in-depth on all the basic functions of PowerPoint. You can skip around the the videos that are most helpful for you. New Course: PowerPoint 2016 Resources to make your own great slides