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Hello,
Since there are so many variables outside of the control of the presenter
in most projector scenarios, it's important to create presentations in a
way that is flexible enough to adjust to circumstances. Perhaps the most
important factors are:
* Making sure that the presentation looks good using a variety of
contrasting color schemes
* Making sure that the presentation looks good using a variety of
contrasting slide designs
With PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 you can include multiple compatible designs
in your presentation and, for each design, multiple compatible color
schemes so that if, for a particular projector, audience/screen size,
ambient lighting, etc..., you can easily switch between known compatible
design/color scheme combinations to find the one that looks best for a
particular scenario.
NOTE: This will not have any effect on how inserted images or movies will
appear within your presentation (since they are not affected by
design/color-scheme changes), but, for text, and graphics created using the
Office Drawing tools, you can dramatically affect the appearance of your
presentation very quickly (and with minimal disruption or delay) by
preparing, in advance, for this potential problem.
If you (or anyone else reading this message) have other suggestions as to
how PowerPoint might help a presenter deal with the external factors
present when delivering a presentation (such as projector, auditorium, etc.
factors), don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to
Microsoft at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
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