[applekeynote] Question for Les: Abandon 6 x 6 rule?

Hi, Les.

Years ago, in a pre-KN world, I taught PowerPoint to university students. Most of the class
was on technical aspects so they could simply use the application, but we also gave a bit of
design advice.

On of the things we suggested was a "general rule" (i.e., try to follow it most of the time)
known as the "6 x 6 rule": Limit text on a slide to no more than 6 lines and no more than 6
words per line.

While I would contend that for a boring, dull, PP-hell type of business presentation where
the information on the screen might better be given in hand-outs, I've moved on to a post-
PP, KeyNote universe. Thanks to advanced thinking such as presented by you and others, I
now sort of cringe at slides that are nothing but a maximum of 6 x 6 text.

So my question to you is, considering this post-PP world, should the "6 x 6 rule" be
abandoned along with Windows 3.1?

Thanks for your comments.

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