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Best Practices for Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Learn effective strategies for designing PowerPoint slides with low-vision accessibility in mind. Guidelines on color contrast, font choice, size, and background color combinations are provided. Use Sans Serif fonts like Verdana and Tahoma for better readability, and avoid certain color combinations for improved contrast. Ensure font sizes are appropriate for headings and body text, and maintain clear contrasts for bulleted lists. Implement these tips to create accessible presentations for all audiences.

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Best Practices for Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

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  1. WBU PowerPoint Guidelines Examples of styles

  2. StrategiesforLow Vision • Colour contrast • Font size • Font type • Colour and brightness contrast • Simple background design

  3. Text and background should be of high contrast. If the text is dark, the background should be light. If the text is light, the background should be dark.

  4. Some good text/background color combinations are: Dark green and white Dark red and white Yellow and violet Violet and white Dark blue and yellow Black and white Black and yellow Pink and black Dark blue and white

  5. Because they provide only poor contrast, certain colors should not be used together either as graphic features, background or text: Red and green Blue and black Red and black Green and black Dark blue and violet Violet and black

  6. Sans Serif Fonts should always be used for text and headings of more than one line. Some good choices are: Verdana Tahoma Antique OliveArial

  7. Bold text is easier to read • Italics is not • Nor is other fancy text

  8. Font Size • 48 pt for headings • 40 pt for body of slide • 32 pt is minimum size to be used • Smaller is fine for your own notes such as page numbers

  9. Where bulleted lists occur side by side, text of one list should be on a different colored background to avoid confusion: • zebra • emu • gazelle • flamingo • giraffe • fur • feathers • horns • legs • neck

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