Presentation Guidelines

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Presentation Guidelines

• Guidelines for the preparation of PowerPoint
  Presentations for use in Altrincham Baptist Church

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Purpose

• These guidelines are a response to the Disability
  Discrimination Act, adherence is not a matter of
  personal preference, it is a matter of
  discrimination against those with visual
  disabilities

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Remember

• Power Corrupts -
• PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely

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What PowerPoint isnt

• PowerPoint is a tool to re-enforce the spoken
  word, it is not a substitute for it.
• Most attempts to use PowerPoint as the
  communications medium will fail, no film maker
  would ever rely solely on pictures and sub titles
  to convey a message neither should we.
• The only situation in which PowerPoint will work
  in isolation is to scroll through very basic
  messages such as notices or to flash up high
  impact fliers.

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General Guidelines

• The person preparing the presentation is
  responsible for making it readable. The
  characteristics of presentations in church must
  be considered, readability on a desktop monitor
  is not a guarantee that it will be readable on
  the projector screen.
• Ensure that the purpose of the presentation is
  clear, if it does not add something to the point
  it will take something away.
• Do not break the guidelines on the pretext that
  it doesnt matter if some people cant see it
  if everyone doesnt need to see it, no one does!

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Format 1

• Font use either Arial or Comic Sans MS
• The style of the letters makes reading easier,
  for developing readers or those with reading
  difficulties never use Times New Roman
• Size For projection in Church use 40pt, in the
  Lower Lounge use 32pt
• Any major deviation from this standard will
  result in presentations that are unreadable for
  those with sight problems
• Pictures Never put words over pictures
• Do not over-stretch pictures
• Full screen pictures should be at least 640x480
  pixels other pictures should not be stretched by
  more than a third of their original size if
  its too small dont use it

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Format 2

• Contrast always use light text on a dark
  background
• Dark text on a light background causes ghosting
  making the text difficult to read
• Use strong colours/contrast to ensure that the
  presentation is readable
• The RNIB recommend the use of Yellow text on a
  Dark Blue background as the most legible
  combination of colours for visually impaired
  people
• Lower Lounge
• Only use the top half to two-thirds of the
  screen, anything below this will be below the
  sight line of most of the audience