Text should be used only to support what you are saying. It should not replace you. The audience should not have to read from the screen. If they do read the screen then you should ask what you are doing there. You could simply distribute an article or a document and let them read what it says and draw their own conclusions.
Clearly, the presentation is supposed to be supplement what you have to say.
Ideally, your presentation should have no text at all. There should be big spaces, with illustrations or graphics. Any text that is included should be very large so that it�s easy to read. There should certainly be no more than seven lines of text on a slide.
A nice idea would be to make individual points and then to have the preceding text fade after the point is made or to use alternating colors in order to make it stand out better.
If you do use text, then keep it to a minimum. One or two words per line is fine. Leave out the filler words or prepositions - you only need reminder words. That word may give you a hint, replacing an index card to remind you of what you were about to say. The basic information and the details do not have to be on the page.
If you do have a list of issues, then use bullets. However, don't use numbers. That would be yet one more thing for the audience to internalize.
Change the slides frequently, with very little on each slide, in order to keep the audience attention. However, don't create a dizzying sequence of slides. You want to present them with the least amount of visual images. Changing the slides frequently should not be a way to squeeze in more data.
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