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PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines
In the following 11 slides we present guidelinesand suggestions for the use of fonts and colorswhen preparing PowerPoint Presentations forColloquia and Webcasts.
In order for your presentation to fit on most, ifnot all screens, text and images should beplaced within 95% of the PowerPoint slide size.The “action safe” area is seen in the next slide.
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This is a good title size.Verdana 40 point.
This is a good subtitle or bullet point size.
Verdana 36 point.
This is about as small as you want to go for content. Verdana 24 point.
This font size is not recommended for content. Verdana 12 point.
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FONTS: The larger, the better. Remember, you want your points tobe readable even at the back of the venue. Limit your points to oneor two sentences - the audience has come to see your presentation,not read a novel!
This is very difficult to read. Times, 10pt. Bold.
Combining small font sizes with bold or italics is also not recommended:
This point could be lost. Century Gothic Bold Italic, 9pt.
Perhaps if you squint. Gill Sans Condensed Bold, 8pt
What does this say? Hoefler Text, Italic, Bold 8pt.
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Small fonts are OK for a footer, such as:
TIPS Presentation: 10/10/2003 Joe Astro/ACS
This is a good mix of colors. Readable!
Fonts and Background Colors Remember: Readability! Readability! Readability!
This is a bad mix of colors. Low contrast.Unreadable!
This is a good mix of colors. Readable!
This is a bad mix of colors. Avoid brightcolors on white.Unreadable!
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More bad color combinations...
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Using background and font colors, such as these low-contrastcombinations, would be very difficult to read.
Graphs and TablesIn the next few slides we show examples of “good” and “bad” graphics.
This is an example of a bad graphic, the overall line widthis too narrow. This would be very difficult to see, especially inthe back of a room or auditorium.
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Another example of a bad graph, too manybright colors on a white background, and thelegend is very difficult to read.
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These are examples ofgood graphs, with niceline widths and goodcolors.
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Good Graphs
ID Task Name Duration
3 SM3B MISSION 12 days
2 BRIGHT EARTH AVOIDANCE (BEA) 12 days
1 HST RELEASE 0 days
41 NCS FILL PROCEDURE 2 hrs
40 8967V1 NCS01 START NCS CPL 0.3 days
6 NICMOS SAFED 0 days
8 8967 NCS01 NCS ACTIVATION & NICMOS COOLDOWN0 days
14 8945 NCIMOS10 - NICMOS COOLDOWN DARKS 8 days
42 BEA COMPLETE 0 days
5 NICMOS COOLDOWN COMPLETE 0 days
7 NICMOS TO OPERATE 0 days
12 8945 NCIMOS10 - NICMOS COOLDOWN DARKS - PART II22 days
35 8944 NICMOS01 FW TESTS 10 days
36 8974 NICMOS03 - FLATS & QE 5 days
13 NICMOS TEMP SET POINT ADJUST 7 days
39 FILTER WHEELS ENABLED 0 days
15 8977 NICMOS06/07 - FINE OPT ALIGN 7 days
37 8973 NICMOS02 FOM OPTICAL OPERATION TEST 1 day
10 NICMOS TEMP SET POINT TECH REVIEW 0 days
9 NICMOS TEMP SET POINT ESTABLISHED 0 days
11 8977 UPLINK ALIGN/TILT PARAMS 0 days
18 NICMOS GO SCIENCE ENAB (BASIC MODES) 0 days
28 9269 NICMOS18 - THERMAL BACKGROUND 1 day
29 9269 NICMOS18 - PARALLEL THERMAL B/G 60 days
4 NICMOS EROs 6 days
32 8981 NICMOS10 - APERTURE LOCATIONS 1 day
34 8976 NICMOS05 - TRANSFER FUNCTION TEST 1 day
23 8988 NICMOS17 - ASTROM'C PERS'T'CE MEAS 1 day
27 8975 NICMOS04 - DET NOISE, SHADING, & CRs 1 day
24 8991 NICMOS20 - GRISM WAVELENGTH CAL 5 days
22 8985 NICMOS14 - FLAT FIELDS 1 day
25 8986 NICMOS15 - PHOTOMETRY 6 days
26 8987 NICMOS16 - CR PERSISTENCE 1 day
33 8982 NICMOS11 - PLATE SCALE 1 day
16 8980 NICMOS09 - FOCUS MONITOR 1 day
20 PRD SIAF, GAIN TABLE, ROT MATRIX UPDATES 1 day
19 8983 NICMOS12 - MODE2 TRG ACQ 1 day
17 8980 NICMOS09B - FOCUS MONITOR 1 day
31 PDB SIAF U/D & PATCHABLE CONSTS (512) 1 day
30 8979 NICMOS08 - COR'GRAPHIC FOCUS 1 day
21 8984 NICMOS13 - CORONOGRAHIC PERFORMANCE 1 day
38 NICMOS C'R'G'PH'C SCI ENABLED 0 days
3/9
3/18
3/18
3/21
4/13
4/19
5/2
5/7
5/9
5/10
5/10
6/7
7/3
8/
2/24 3/3 3/10 3/17 3/24 3/31 4/7 4/14 4/21 4/28 5/5 5/12 5/19 5/26 6/2 6/9 6/16 6/23 6/30 7/7 7/14 7/21 7/28 8/4 8/11
March April May June July August
A bad table, too much information inin unreadable format.
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This is a good, readable table. Tables, especially large ones, should be placed on a separate slide.
4/19 Fri 109 NICMOS restarted, Ne-loop control continues
4/22 Mon 112 Change to mounting cup control
4/23 Tue 134 Return to Ne control, Filter wheel test begins
4/24 Wed 155 Increase control temperature to allow for +2 K variations
4/25 Thur 165 Begin darks every 3rd orbit
4/26 Fri 174 DQE test visit 1; Control temp +0.5 K
