Introduction
Attention Getter: I realize that this is not what you would want to see from someone who’s supposed to explain to you how to make a slideshow look good.
Give Specific Purpose: However, as this presentation goes on, I’ll be fixing this so I can give some ideas on how you can make one that’s more creative and visually appealing.
Forecast Main Steps/Points: I’m going to come up with a good design theme, and then use appropriate color schemes and fonts that suit that theme. By using other pieces of graphic design for creative ideas, I’ll use the tools embedded in Google Slides’ software to modify text and images and make two slide designs of my own.
Body
Brief Background
The first slideshows appeared in the 1600s, and they were known
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It’s usually better to make your slides after you’ve finished writing your presentation, so that you already know which ideas to highlight and which designs and images will be most suitable for your talk.
Making Your Own Theme
Google Slides has plenty of default design templates available, but with this demonstration, I’ll be making my own.
Your presentation probably has its own tone; your topic and the words you chose to explain it have some sort of “mood” attached to it. For example, is it more professional or casual? Questions like these can help you in choosing what colors and fonts you’ll use.
I want a casual, simple, cheerful theme. I think this online color scheme fits those descriptions.
Some people are just naturally more creative than others. If you believe you’re not the type to come up with a creative, eye-catching design off the bat, neither am I - which is why I like to steal design ideas from Google images. Of course, you can’t actually steal designs, but you can gain inspiration from other slideshows, and combine different elements to make it your