Terry,
If you use the Illinois Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for
Microsoft Office it will create a text only version automatically.

http;//www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu

Jon


---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 10:05:40 -0400
>From: "Martin, Terry" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Question about electronic presentations and color
schemes.
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>   Greetings:
>
>   Has anyone seen any studies concerning PowerPoint
>   presentations and color schemes?  I've been asked to
>   make changes in a curriculum that is presented via
>   PowerPoint slides.  They want me to make it
>   accessible.  Right now, in all of their courses, the
>   background color is "blue."  The same "blue" from
>   the "blue" from WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS days.
>   Anyone remember that?  How is that for a blast from
>   the past?  Haha!  The main text is bright yellow and
>   emphasized text is a variety of colors.  I'm looking
>   for any studies that may or may not back my
>   instincts.  I think the blue should be changed to
>   black and the main text changed to white.  The
>   colors should be minimized for the text that is
>   emphasized.  I'm trying to provide a color scheme
>   that provides the most contrast for visually
>   impaired people.
>
>   Thank you for any help.
>
>   ________________________________________________
>   Terry A. Martin
>   VOILA Technology, Inc.  -- President
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>   Rochester, NY 14623
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>   ________________________________________________


Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
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and
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