Make Text Pop Off Backgrounds:
Mr. Breitsprecher's Examples
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Apple
Jokes, Slide 1. This one is simple. The
chalkboard background is not busy. The text fill is white,
the outline is apple read, and there is a lighter red glow.
Baseball
Jokes, Slide 1. The text fill was done with
the color picker and comes from a lighter section of the
lights. The outline is from a shadow. The glow
effect makes it work.
Basketball
Jokes, Slide 1. This is another simple
background to work with. The text fill, outline,
and glow are nice effects though.
Cake
Jokes, Slide 1. It's always easier to
choose background images that are not too busy.
The white and blue gradients next to the cake worked
well with text colors chosen from the image with the
color picker.
Cat
Jokes, Slide 1. This background has
flowers, grass, and shadows. The best way to make
this text pop is to fill the text placeholders
with a semi-transparent lighter color. 
Dog
Jokes, Slide 1. Like the cat background
above, the background is busy. A light
semitranparent fill is the best option. This
technique works well in print too. The glows we
have been using, in print, only work with a high quality
printer and a semi-gloss paper stock.
Football
Jokes, Slide 1. Photos of grass, like this
football field, have shadows and different greens. The
white yard line must be considered too. Carefully choosing
fills, outlines, and glow work. They key is to coordinate
colors.
Moon
Jokes, Slide 1. The text pops like the
moon does. That is because the color picker was
used to give the text the same colorations and glow.Be creative! Have fun. PowerPoint is most-effective when it is primarily pictures. Black text on a white background is always the easiest to read. Anything that must be American Disabilities Act compliant, must use white backgrounds w/text.
For presentations that will be narrated, using background images with text like this works, as the presenter will read and talk about the text.