This is a Title. The font is 54 point Arial.

This could be Body Text, it is 48 point Georgia.

Try to keep text roughly vertically centered on a screen. If you find that 48 points is too big, you could try 44, then 40, but I would suggest you go never go below

36 points.Add a slide instead of making the text smaller.

What is extremely important for readability is maintaining high contrast between your background and the text.

If you have a dark background, make sure your text is light (and possibly use

shadowing).

What is extremely important for readability is maintaining high

contrast between your background and the text.

If you have a light background, make sure your text is dark (and

possibly use shadowing).

Maintaining High Contrast

If you have a slide background that has graphical elements (like this does on the left side of the image) adjust the margin of the text boxes so you don’t detract from, or overlap, the image.

Adjusting Text Areas

The key to using an image as a background

is to make sure it is dark enough or bright enough to allow for high

contrast.

The image should also not be so busy that text is competing with it. This

background is right at the edge of what I would call usable.

Don’t be afraid to use imagesin the background

This image works better as it is simpler,and doesn’t compete as much with the

textin front of it.

Don’t be afraid to use imagesin the background

A great way to avoid distraction during the service is to display a blank screen

between elements of the service (between songs, between points sermon

points, etc.)

Blank Screens

You are busy and any volunteers that help to build the weekly PowerPoint file

are also busy.

While all the image you’ve seen are ones created for use at Autumn Ridge . .

.

Experiment!

. . . You can make almost any image work as a background if you remember:

• Large text• High contrast• Make sure your page setup is

16x9 (widescreen) format(ask the congregation for feedback)

Experiment!