Presentation projectors are becoming everyday tools for business presentations. Today’s lightweight and affordable portable projectors provide the image quality needed for a wide variety of venues including boardrooms, classrooms and trade shows. Presentation Projectors can be moved from location to location or can be semi-permanently suspended by a ceiling mount for ready-to-use viewing.

Because presentation projectors are such an everyday tool now, here are some quick tips for making sure your presentation is successful.
Before you write your presentation, determine how far away your audience will be from the screen and choose your font size accordingly. A 1″ typeface is readable from ten feet away, 2″ from 20 feet away, and so on. 72 point fonts are 1″ high.

Use a sans serif font such as Verdana. Serif fonts like Times are great on paper but don’t work nearly as well on screen. Use a narrow font if you need to squeeze a lot of text into a small space.

Consider using a wireless mouse so you can run your presentation without being near the laptop.

Keep in mind that sunlight shining on your screen will wash it out so choose the right location for your laptop.

If you are presenting to a very small group (1-4) people you could just put your laptop in the middle of the table and pass it around instead of using a screen. This will encourage more communication and make it more intimate.

Be careful with color. Red and green in particular get washed out on screen. Another problem with red and greens is that 10% of the population have difficulty seeing red and green due to color blindness.

Above all, don’t sacrifice readability for style. Your job is to communicate.