Presenting data properly-some dos and donts for power point PPTs

After years of seeing poorly presented data in slides, I thought it was time to design my own.pointers for that. This post is more from the MBA side of me. Comments are welcome. 

·         Zoom in to fit within the screen:- Else within the time you scroll to and fro for making your point, you have already lost the audience.

·         Proper use of decimal rounding-Please do not show stuff like 1.348575 on slides, it really slows down the reader’s pace of comprehending.

·         Color Code cells aptly:- For cells containing key assumptions, results and information, you may like to highlight them for the audience to look at

·         Embedding is fine but check that it opens:- Embedding the spreadsheet as an icon is elegant and good, but test that it opens on the system you are presenting on. Otherwise, it could be a flop show.

·         Stick to slide wherever possible instead of opening workbook:- People have done their homework and should be convinced by your story enough to avoid demanding that. If you can present the key aspects of the spreadsheet as a slide, it will avoid breaking the flow of the PPT.

·         Appropriate units:- As per audience level and background-applies both to unit size(MM/BN/Crore) and currency($/INR)