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Make suggestions, report errors > Perhaps just a dash of colour would suffice...
Perhaps just a dash of colour would suffice...
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Roman Svozilek
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Sorry guys but colibrita has a point.
I �ve been a member of this site for years and yes, there are some amazing worksheets, and I am happy to be here.
Having said that, some of the worksheets have TOO MUCH colour in the background. I mean, what is the point of having the whole paper red or dark green?
And printing black and white? OK, it will save ink in your colour cartridges, but it won �t certainly save your black ink cartridge.
I once even tried and added faint blue colour as background of some of my tests. I thought that I was probably the only one here who actually didn �t mind WHITE as background.
And don �t get me wrong, I love colours and I always print things in colour so I agree with those who say that we need more colour in our lives.
But having the whole A4 sheet of paper dark red/green/blue is pointless.
One last thing: yes, you can remove the background completely, which will leave you with white, but sometimes it �s not so easy and spend a lot of time trying to get rid of it...
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25 Feb 2013
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elderberrywine
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colibrita, you are soo right!
I never look at the garish worksheets, never look at the ones with the millions of pictures, and keep mine simple. I �ve spent a lot of time removing background colours as well as elves, shamrocks, all sorts of animals, - I like it sober and intense and concentrated, and I want my students who are FLOODED and DISTRACTED with impressions, sounds, colours, noises, media and whose attention span is down to a couple of seconds to be able to concentrate on what is essential
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25 Feb 2013
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manonski (f)
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I don �t see what �s the problem. Nobody is forcing anyone to download colourful printables . I like the variety I get here.
Fact is, most people seem to prefer colourful printables because they �re the ones with the most downloads.
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25 Feb 2013
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Catalina Sorina
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I remember someone here saying (well, actually I don �t remember who exactly said it), but we can add a colourful background to the worksheet which won �t be printed. The background appears only on the screen: Page Layout -> Page colour -> Fill effects. This way you can make your wss more "attractive", but not more expensive for printing.
Or we could add a black and white, simple / without images/ only text-boxes format of the worksheet in the same document we upload
Just my two pennies worth. |
26 Feb 2013
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