Comments on: The Lunacy of the Leave Behind http://www.betterpresenting.com/editorial/leave-behind/ Making the world a better place, one presentation at a time Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:24:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Craig Hadden, Sydney http://www.betterpresenting.com/editorial/leave-behind/#comment-37 Craig Hadden, Sydney Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:45:23 +0000 http://www.betterppt.com/?p=1161#comment-37 Great points, Rick. This issue is one of the key battles in the war against dire presentations! Another technique that can be useful when using a plain background is to have 2 colour schemes that are the same except that in the 1st scheme, 1 colour matches the background exactly whereas in the other scheme it contrasts with the background. That way, you can hide or reveal text (and lines/shapes if you like) on the slides by swapping between the 2 schemes. (Works in PPT 2003. Haven't tried it yet in PPT 2007.) Not as flexible as the techniques in your post, but handy sometimes... Thanks again for the great content! Great points, Rick. This issue is one of the key battles in the war against dire presentations!

Another technique that can be useful when using a plain background is to have 2 colour schemes that are the same except that in the 1st scheme, 1 colour matches the background exactly whereas in the other scheme it contrasts with the background. That way, you can hide or reveal text (and lines/shapes if you like) on the slides by swapping between the 2 schemes. (Works in PPT 2003. Haven’t tried it yet in PPT 2007.)

Not as flexible as the techniques in your post, but handy sometimes…

Thanks again for the great content!

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