Stop Using Too Much Text: Examining the Most Common Mistakes in Presentation Design
This article is part of a larger research project that was aimed at discovering the main difficulties users face when creating presentations. Learn how to take advantage of all the data laid out in this article by reading part 2. You can also test your slide designing skills using Wondercheck, our new custom GPT.
In conducting this research, we have interviewed a group of graphic design professionals that have collectively taught over 50,000 people how to design presentations. The questions we asked them were designed (no pun intended) to get a clear picture of the most common mistakes people commit when creating their presentations, regardless of the software they use or their professional background.
We then tried to break each of these mistakes down into separate categories, giving you an in-depth overview of the potential pitfalls you might face during the design process.
According to the experts we interviewed, here is the breakdown of the most common mistakes users make when designing slides. They are, in descending order:
