Inverting PowerPoint Slides
One accommodation that students with visual impairments might need is to have PowerPoint slides improved for readability.
Recommended Formatting:
- Size 20 pt font
- Black background with white font
- Sans Serif font (Ex: Arial, Helvetica, Calibri)
- Invert image/graph coloring
How to Invert Slide Formatting:
1. Open the slideshow that you need to adjust and go to the first slide.
![Font menu](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_slide_1.png)
2. Make sure that the smallest font size is above 20 pt and that you are using a Sans Serif font (see above).
![PowerPoint Slide preview without adjustments.](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_font.png)
3. Highlight the font (ctrl + a) and change the font color to white.
![Slide Design Tool](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_font_color.png)
4. Click off the text or images that you may have selected so nothing is selected on the slide and click on the Design tab on the ribbon.
![Non-inverted Slide Sample](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_design_tab.png)
5. In the Customize group, select Format Background.
![Design menu](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_format_background.png)
6. In the Format Background menu, change the Fill to Solid Fill and the Color to Black.
![Format Background Menu. Choosing you type of Fill.](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_Solid_fill.png)
7. At this point your slide should be readable and inverted. Repeat for each slide in the PowerPoint. The next step is to invert the images on each slide.
![Inverted slide](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_fininshed_slide_format.png)
How to Invert Images:
1. Right click on the slide that you need to invert and select Save as Picture. Name the file so you can remember which slideshow and slide the image came from.
![Saving as picture](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_save_as.png)
2. Go to where you saved the photo and select Open With > Paint
![Opening saved file with Paint](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_openwith.png)
3. Select the image (ctrl + a). You will know it is selected when there is a dashed line on the border of the image.
![Select image.](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_Select_Image.png)
4. Right click on the selected image and select Invert Color.
![Inverting color](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_Invertcolor.png)
5. Save the finished image.
![Inverted photo saving](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_inverted_photo.png)
6. Go back to the PowerPoint and insert the inverted image by going to the Insert tab and clicking on Pictures.
![Inserting your inverted image](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_Insert_Image.png)
7. Finish by resizing the image and placing it in the correct location on the slide.
![Inverted slide preview](/images/group230/shared/AllisonsScreenshots/Invertimages/Invert_Finished_slide.png)
8. Repeat for the remaining images in the slideshow.