{"id":349,"date":"2009-02-18T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T18:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/tip-seek-simplicity-in-templates\/"},"modified":"2009-03-04T08:08:34","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T14:08:34","slug":"tip-seek-simplicity-in-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/tip-seek-simplicity-in-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Seek Simplicity in Templates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"TIP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/themes\/atahualpa.3.2\/atahualpa\/images\/TIP-NA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"93\" \/><br \/>\nThe templates you find in most graphic software programs offer a variety of graphic elements, geometric shapes, and other interesting components to carry a design theme throughout the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>When you work with templates, check to see if the design is <strong>generic <\/strong>or <strong>specific<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Generic templates contain very simple geometric shapes. Specific templates contain more complex and noticeable designs. Complexity forces the brain to interpret and think. So, if the template has a &#8220;tropical&#8221; theme (specific), audience members may think &#8220;Hawaii&#8221; when they see the silhouette of a palm tree in the background. This is a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, templates should not hinder readability from a distance nor contain specific design elements that cause the audience to be distracted from the message. The presenter delivers the message, the visuals only support it.<\/p>\n<p>Hey &#8212; if you&#8217;re marveling at the costumes, then you can&#8217;t be listening to the lines!<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:80%\">Copyright \u00a9 1994-2009 MediaNet, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<br \/>\nReproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of MediaNet, Inc. is prohibited.<\/p>\n<p>For tips you may have missed visit MediaNet&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medianet-ny.com\/tipmiss.htm\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tips you may have missed\"><strong>TIPS MISSED<\/strong><\/a> page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The templates you find in most graphic software programs offer a variety of graphic elements, geometric shapes, and other interesting components to carry a design theme throughout the presentation. When you work with templates, check to see if the design is generic or specific.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13],"tags":[7,9,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paPH93-5D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}