I found a really neat tool on the web and it is free!

The most common complaint from audience members who are sitting through a presentation using PowerPoint, is that they can't read the text on the slides. And the reason for this is ...? The creator of the presentation did not use enough contrast between the background and text colors of the slides. What looks great on your office monitor may look very different when projected on a large screen, due to a variety of reasons -- most commonly being the amount of available ambient light in the room.

Dave Paradi, co-author of the book Guide to PowerPoint, (which I think every business presenter should have in his resource library), has created an online tool that will show you whether the color choices you have made for your slides will have enough contrast to be easily readable by the audience. You might be surprised at the results. I was.

Check out Dave's color contrast tool. He has also provided a handy-dandy guide on how to add this link right in your PowerPoint program for quick and easy access.

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