How to Write an Appendix for a Powerpoint

It is straightforward to create an appendix for a Powerpoint presentation.

Appendices come at the beginning or end of a work; they refer to specific items throughout the work and elaborate on or highlight major points in the work. The appendix supplies additional information too lengthy to fit into the body of the work; it often includes graphs, tables or long quotes that would clutter a slide in the Powerpoint program.

Things You'll Need

• Powerpoint program

Instructions

1. Notate your items in order, starting from the beginning and working to the end. Match corresponding letter or number citations in the text to show that an item was too large to fit in the body. Notate at the bottom of a slide, in small print and with corresponding number, to "see appendix".

2. Create your appendix just as you would any other slide, but what information is stored in the appendix is contingent upon what you have cited in earlier slides. Use the same number or lettering system you did in the previous slides and put them in order on your appendix page.

3. Label the appendix clearly and add the requisite materials that you left out in the notated corresponding slide. This process, called "cross-referencing", helps keep order and makes the presentation look professional.

Tips & Warnings

• According to Microsoft.com: "Use cross-references anywhere in your document where you need to reference the appendix content."

• Appendices vary rarely even throughout various media, so once this skill is acquired it will inform every appendix you make after it.

References

• Twelve Tips for Creating Better Documents