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Opower Confidential22 User guide topics The color palette……………………………………03 Installing the template on your computer………..04 Starting a new presentation……………………….05 Setting the default template……………………….06 Inserting slides from another presentation……….07, 08 Inserting slides from another aspect ratio………..09 Applying slide layouts………………………………10 Using the photo slide layouts……………………...11 Placing footers on top of photos…………………..12, 13 Cropping and resizing photos…………………….14 Inserting charts……………………………………..15 Editing chart colors………..……………………….16 Best practices for charts……………………….….17, 18 Setting animations…………………..………….….19, 20 Setting slide transitions………………......………..21 Inserting videos………………………………..……22 Presentation Do’s………….…………….....……...23 Presentation Don’ts………..…………………..…..24 Brand resources………..…………………..……...24

Opower Confidential3 The color palette Pluggie Blue R0 G135 B205 Arlington Orange R255 G120 B 75 New Hire Navy R0 G80 B 130 Terawatt Teal R0 G200 B 186 Gong Gray R150 G155 B 160 Laskey Lime R199 G231 B 66 Blue Light R88 G189 B 234 Lime Dark R140 G185 B 65 Do not use Microsoft default colors. Opower Theme Color These eight colors have been preset as defaults (theme colors) in the Opower template. Use them to ensure brand color consistency across Opower presentations.

Opower Confidential4 Installing the template Saving the.potx file in Microsoft’s default template folder ensures it is always accessible. Open the.potx file. –Select File > Save As > Browse. –At the bottom of the Save As dialog box, click the Save as type drop-down and select PowerPoint Template (.potx). –Now look at the save location box. If the location is Custom Office Templates, click Save to install the Opower template. If the save location is something else, follow these steps: –In Save as type, select any option other than.potx (for example, PDF). Do not click Save. –Now click on Save as type again and reselect.potx. This step forces PowerPoint to locate the correct location for saving templates on your computer. –Click Save to install the Opower template. Save as type: PowerPoint Template (*.potx) The save location box, showing the default location for saving templates in PowerPoint 2013

Opower Confidential5 Starting a new presentation To start a new Opower presentation: Select File > New (or type Ctrl+N). Select Custom > Custom Office Templates. Select an Opower template and Create. Opower 2016 widescreen template

Opower Confidential6 Setting the default template To save time, you can set an Opower template as the default for starting new files. Open the.potx file you wish to use as the default template. On the Design tab under Themes, click on the Themes drop-down and select Save Current Theme. Under File name, replace Theme1.thmx with the name of the Opower template and click Save. On the Design tab, click Themes drop-down again. Then right-click on the icon of the Custom Theme you just saved and select Set as Default Theme. Now when you start a new presentation, the default Opower template opens automatically. IMPORTANT: When you start a new presentation after setting the Opower template as the default, you will not see any of the sample slides provided in the template. Save.potx file as a Theme Right-click on icon and select Set as Default Theme

Opower Confidential7 Inserting slides from another presentation First, open an existing presentation. Click on the Slide Sorter button at the bottom right to easily view all of the slides in your presentation. Select the slides you want to copy. –To select all slides, type Ctrl+A. To select slides out of sequence, hold the Ctrl key as you click on slides. Type Ctrl+C to copy the selected slides. Open the new template. Select an insert location, then type Ctrl+V to paste slides. The pasted slides should take on the new template formatting, but some adjustments will likely be needed. –When Paste Options appears (immediately after pasting), make sure the first icon, Use Destination Theme, is selected. Slide Sorter buttonPaste Options

Opower Confidential8 Inserting slides from another presentation (cont.) Adjusting your pasted slide in the new template. Some elements of the old template may carry over with your pasted slide. Fix this by applying a layout from the new template to your slide (see slide 10 – Appling slide layouts). You may still need to make manual adjustments to fonts, colors, and the placement of slide elements.

Opower Confidential9 Inserting slides from another aspect ratio Follow the instructions on slides 7–8 to copy and paste slides from a 4:3 presentation into the 16:9 template. A 4:3 slide pasted into a widescreen 16:9 template may appear centered on the slide with gaps on the left and right. You’ll need to perform some manual clean-up: To restore the titles and bullets to the correct position, reapply the slide layout (see slide 10 – Applying slide layouts). If necessary, reposition text and slide graphics to better fit the widescreen 16:9 slide. Some photos may need to be resized and / or cropped (see slide 13 – Cropping and resizing photos). Slide from a 4:3 standard presentation (older template) 4:3 standard slide pasted into a 16:9 widescreen presentation Clean-up for this slide Reapply slide layout Resize and reposition graphics

Opower Confidential10 Applying slide layouts The Opower presentation template provides 18 slide layouts that you can apply at any time to new or existing slides. To apply a slide layout: On the Home tab under Slides, click on Layout (or right-click on a blank part of the slide and select Layout). Select any of the layouts to apply the formatting to the current slide. You can also click on New Slide and select a layout for a new slide. To reapply slide formatting, click Reset. You may still need to make manual adjustments to fonts, colors, and the placement of slide elements. New Slide, Layout, and Reset buttons Four photo layouts provide picture placeholders for inserting photos

Opower Confidential11 Using the photo slide layouts The photo slide layouts provide picture placeholders for quick photo insertion. Use one of the four photo slide layout samples or apply a photo slide layout to a new or existing slide (see slide 10 – Applying slide layouts). Click on the center icon inside the white box, navigate to your photo and click Insert. If the photo appears cut off on the sides, use the Crop tool to reposition the photo left or right within the photo frame (see slide 14 – Cropping and resizing photos). IMPORTANT: The Opower logo and confidentiality statement + slide number need to be visible on top of inserted photos (see the next two slides 12–13 – Placing footers on top of photos). Center icon Insert Picture dialog boxPhoto #2 layout with inserted photo Photo #2 layout

Opower Confidential12 Placing footers on top of photos After inserting a photo on a photo layout slide, you may not see the Opower logo (left-side photos) or footer (right-side photos). If you have a light photo, copy the GRAY logo or footer from this slide and paste it into your slide. If you have a dark photo, copy the WHITE logo or footer from the next slide and paste it into your slide. The footer will paste in the correct position. Opower Confidential12 Gray Opower logo on photo Gray logo to copyGray footer to copy

Opower Confidential13 Placing footers on top of photos (cont.) If you have a dark photo, copy the WHITE logo or footer from this slide and paste it into your slide. The footer will paste in the correct position. IMPORTANT: If you use one of the template’s sample photo layout slides as a base to insert photos, white footers are already provided. NOTE: If the footer does not appear, click on the inserted photo and select Home > Arrange > Send to Back. 13Opower Confidential White Opower logo on photo White footer to copy

Opower Confidential14 Cropping and resizing photos To adjust the cropping of a photo: To find the Crop tool, double-click on the photo to bring up the Picture Tools menu. The Crop tool is located on the right side of the menu under Size. Select the Crop tool, then click on your image. Drag the image left, right, up or down to adjust positioning within the frame. Hold the Shift key down while dragging to constrain horizontal or vertical movement. To adjust how much of the image is cropped, drag the side or corner nodes. To see the entire image within the placeholder, click the Crop drop-down and choose Fit. Deselect the Crop tool to see the final result. To resize an image: To resize an image without distorting it, hold the shift key down and drag one of the corner nodes. Adjust photo position in the frame by dragging image left or right with the Crop tool Choose Fit to see the entire image

Opower Confidential15 Inserting charts The easiest way to add a chart to your presentation is to copy a pre-formatted chart from the Opower template, then edit the data. Copy and paste the sample charts: The three sample charts in the Opower template (bar, line and pie charts) use Opower Brand Colors in the correct order and contain the preferred formatting for charts. Select one of the charts, then copy and paste it onto a slide in your presentation. To edit the chart data: Right-click on the chart and select Edit Data. You also can click on the chart to activate the Chart Tools tab. Under Charts Tools select the Design tab, then click on Edit Data.

Opower Confidential16 Editing chart colors To edit the chart color: Click on the series you want to edit. –On a bar chart, a single click will select the all the same color bars; a second click will select a single bar. –On a pie chart, a single click will select the entire pie; a second click will select a single pie slice. After the item is selected, go to Shape Fill to select the color you want. Go to Shape Outline to change colors on a line chart.

Opower Confidential17 Best practices for charts How to create simple and meaningful charts. The sample charts have been designed for clarity and visual appeal. They use the preferred colors and formatting for Opower presentations. Start with these and edit their data to match yours. Use color to highlight the most important information. Include a legend or labels for data series and a source for all data. Include either a vertical axis or labels for each data point so users can quickly understand the data. Do not use gridlines unless they are absolutely necessary.

Opower Confidential18 Best practices for charts (cont.) To add gridlines to your chart: Click on the chart to bring up the Chart Tools menu, then select the Design tab. Select Add Chart Element > Gridlines and choose the horizontal or vertical lines as needed.

Opower Confidential19 Setting animations How to add animation to your bullets, photo or object. Select the slide element you wish to animate. Click on the Animations tab and choose the animation you want from the Animation library. To see more options, click Add Animation under Advanced Animation. Under Timing, click on Start to select a start option: On Click, With Previous or After Previous. Under Timing, you can also create additional animation effects with the Duration and Delay settings. Animation library Start, Duration and Delay settings Add Animation

Opower Confidential20 To create sequential animations for special effects. You can create interesting effects by applying more than one animation to the same object. Select an object and apply an animation. With the object still selected, choose Add Animation to add an additional animation to the same object. Adjust settings for Start, Duration and Delay so that the animations play in sequence as desired. Setting animations (cont.) Sequential animations Example: To see how this can work, view this slide in Slide Show mode. The example uses Basic Zoom + Move + Pulse animations.

Opower Confidential21 Setting slide transitions How to change the slide transition. The Fade transition is the default and should be retained unless there is a specific need for certain slides. Select the slide, click on the Transitions menu and choose the transition you want. Select Apply To All under Timing to apply the same transition to every slide. It is best to keep consistent transitions throughout a presentation. Fade transition effectApply To All

Opower Confidential22 Inserting videos Before you insert a video, make sure you have it in the right format. The safest format is.wmv for PC, and.mov for Mac. Resize the video as needed before insertion. Enlarging or scaling videos within PowerPoint is not recommended. To insert a video: Click on Insert > Video (under Media) and choose Video on My PC. Browse to your file and click Insert. Move it to the desired position. While it’s selected, go to the Video Tools menu and click Playback. You can choose the start option (On Click or Automatically) as well as other playback options. Review the video in Slide Show mode. Inserting videos

Opower Confidential23 Presentation do’s 1.Know your audience and think about what they need to understand. 2.Keep it simple and make every word and image count. 3.Limit each slide to one key takeaway. 4.Use an agenda to guide your audience’s attention throughout the presentation. 5.Use key words to help the audience focus on your message. 6.Establish the problem early and then move on to how you solve it. 7.Use graphics, charts and diagrams to illustrate the message. 8.Use animation, transitions, and color thoughtfully. 9.Keep text and graphics large enough for your audience to read. 10.Proofread and spell check each slide.

Opower Confidential24 Presentation don’ts 1.Don’t use more than six lines of type on a slide. 2.Don’t use fonts other then the default – Arial. 3.Don’t use font size smaller then 16 point. 4.Don’t overuse animations, transitions, or sound effects. 5.Don’t use generic clipart. You can find imagery and icons from 6.Don’t use low-resolution images. 7.Don't overwhelm your audience with busy slides – “less is more”! 8.Don’t read from slides when presenting. 9.Don’t attempt experiments at the last minute. 10.Don’t forget to allow for a Q&A.