We’ve all been there. You are editing a slide and you’re making changes but it’s not really getting any better. You change the color of something, increase the spacing, nudge something a little to the left, and it kind of looks the same. This is a very typical state to find yourself in, and it’s usually because you’re working on…
Ideas don’t come fully baked. They usually come in pieces, or partially formed, or as concepts that aren’t quite connected. It’s hard to create slides until we settle on an order because the act of creating slides forces us to finalize the order. So we should create the order first. This is the least visual thing of all. It’s how…
Even with good content, a slide can still look cluttered. In this case, the issue isn’t about how much content you have on the slide, but how the individual pieces of content are competing for attention. When everything vies for attention, nothing does. One thing novice designers might try to resolve this issue is to add more design, thinking it…
A slide can fall apart before it’s even read, and the problem almost never begins with visual elements. When thoughts are gathered rather than composed, ideas get buried, messages get mixed, and intentions get lost. The first habit to pick up is to differentiate between ideas and a clear message. Before a design application is opened, take a few minutes…