The Tie Guy

Using PowerPoint Effectively

presents

Choose a Simple

Consistent Background

Brighton

dark

Darkon

bright

GOOD GOOD GOOD

EVIL EVIL EVIL

Use high contrast colors

Your PC screen is hi-res everything looks great

don’t trust it!

projectors “wash out” colors

Why high-contrast?

See for yourself

Which line is easier to read?Which line is easier to read?

Which line is easier to read?Which line is easier to read?

Which is easier to read?

Once upon a time there lived a yellow bearnamed Pooh. He had a cat named Tigger anda law degree from Texas Tech. He wasallergic to chocolate.

Once upon a time there lived a yellow bearnamed Pooh. He had a cat named Tigger anda law degree from Texas Tech. He wasallergic to chocolate.

Lessvisual

complexity

Strongerlines

Sans serifSans serif good

Arial

Arial BlackFuturaTahoma

Serif BadTimes New Roman

Century

Courier

Script Text

Don’t Put Text On Top Of Images

Don’t put words on top

of artwork or

photographs.

Use no more thantwenty words per slide

665x568 pixels

200x179 pixels

Three Photos Max

Clip-art Hall of Shame

Avoid death by cheese…

Weird sound effects

Strange animations

Most transitions

Flying text

Bad clip-art

Remember Content is King