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Preparing Overheads
for the Visual Presenter
Acetate sheets are not needed any more! Use plain paper. Remember the overhead
projection plate or screen is NOT a white board.
- Paper layout
- landscape.
Materials need to be designed in a three (height) by four (length) ration to fit
a television screen/monitor. This means margins should be approximately 1 ½ inches
on all sides.
Background paper can be white but sometimes that causes a glare. An ivory or
light blue background works best.
- Font typestyles and
sizes - Use a minimum size of 24 points. Use fonts that are sans serif,
without lines on the ends of each letter, making it easier to read on a
television screen. Examples: Helvetica, Verdana, Eras, Geneva, Tahoma
- Colors that work
- Bright saturated colors are difficult to read on a television or
computer screen. A dark blue background with yellow or white text looks the
best. Here's a great chart to use as an example:
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Best
Color for Lines, Text & Design Areas
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Background Color
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Worst
Color
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blue, black
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orange
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yellow, white
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blue, black
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yellow
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white, cyan
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black, blue
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green
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cyan, magenta, yellow
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white, yellow, cyan
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blue
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green, black
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blue, black
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cyan
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green, yellow, white
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black, white, yellow, blue
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magenta
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blue, magenta
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blue,black
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white
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yellow,cyan
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Note: In the new PowerPoint
Windows XP version, they provide a series of color schemes (background, letters,
color for charts) that are workable.
- Number of
Words/Lines
The number of words per line and the number of lines per page should be limited.
Too many letters and numbers on a television or computer screen make the
information difficult to read. A good rule is to limit words to six per line and
six lines per page. Information is best presented using "bullet" points or key
words.
- Letters
Use a combination of lowercase and capitalized letters.
Preparing Graphics
for PowerPoint or Display from Computer
Computer graphics and
photographic slides usually have a two (height) by three (length) ratio. This
means that the edges of the visual material will be cut off when it is converted
to video.
The central 80 percent of a
computer monitor is the "safe area" for transferring text and graphics to video.
Keep all information in this area, or else it will be cut off when converted to
video.
PowerPoint
Preparation and Monitors
These streams were created in
August 2008 to help refresh instructors on proper PowerPoint preparation and how
to adapt presentations and content to the various monitor sizes.
Module 1-
PowerPoint Design & Preparation. For additional information on PowerPoint
design for videoconferencing, also check out information from the
University of
Florida.
Module 2-
Presenting PowerPoint & Other Content
Module 3-
Monitor Views
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