When you insert a photo of a person on a slide, often that photo doesn’t show the entire person. Part is cut off. For example, the photo might be a head shot or just show the top half of the body.

But placing that photo in the middle of the slide looks awkward. Your audience wonders about the part of the photo that’s missing.

Note that this slide also violates my 3-side rule.

Move the cut-off side to the edge of the slide

The best way to deal with this problem is to move the cut-off side of the photo to one edge of the slide. In this case, the bottom is cut off, so moving the photo to the bottom of the slide works best. [Read more…]