Power point presentation: light text and dark background?

[Spoooon]

That's what I thought you were supposed to do. Everyone else in my class so far had been doing the opposite. I think it makes it harder to read, the text ends up looking washed out.

What do you guys usually do?

 

[saxophonoia]

I usually do the same as you. I've never had any complaints about it anyway.

 

[minendo]

Depends on the type of projector I am using. I always test beforehand. If I am unable to test, I always have two versions and do a quick check before the presentation.

 

[MazerRackham]

I actually just gave a presentation to my research group, and I used a dark blue/black background with white text. I think it looks better though if you use a drop shadow on the text, which was the default text style for the presentation template I used.

Don't forget to include subliminal pornographic images in your presentation!

 

[Spoooon]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
I actually just gave a presentation to my research group, and I used a dark blue/black background with white text. I think it looks better though if you use a drop shadow on the text, which was the default text style for the presentation template I used.

Don't forget to include subliminal pornographic images in your presentation!

Yes, that will go over really well. 😀

 

[saxophonoia]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
I actually just gave a presentation to my research group, and I used a dark blue/black background with white text. I think it looks better though if you use a drop shadow on the text, which was the default text style for the presentation template I used.

Don't forget to include subliminal pornographic images in your presentation!

That's Mandatory!!

 

[notfred]

If you are going to be printing copies for people, or expect anyone to ever rpint the thing, use black on white please.