DESIGN TEMPLATES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POWERPOINT

Introduction This document contains design templates intended to improve the quality and productivity of presentations. This templates ware created with PowerPoint #E00000

About the author Occupation: A marketer who likes design. Operates a “PowerPoint Design” informational site that clearly explains presentation materials from a design perspective. harutosuzuki 2 #E00000

Design Templates TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POWERPOINT 1.Page Settings 2.Color 3.Margins (Header/Footer) 4.Grid and Guides 5.Guide Position 6.Text (Body) 7.Headings 8.Bullet Lists 9.Tables 10.Supplementary Explanation /Notes 11.Cover Page 12.Table of Contents 3 #E00000

1. Page Settings Set the slide size to “A4 Paper (210 x 297 mm)”. Set the width to “27.51cm” and the height to “19.05cm”. A4 Paper (210 x 297 mm) 0 4 #E00000

2. Color Decide the colors used on the slides as “theme colors” and unify the rules for colors in the entire document. Theme Colors BaseMainAccent Achromatic Color Sub-Color Main Sub-Color Achromatic * Please note that the "theme colors" referenced in this slide refer to the general design term, and not to the PowerPoint setting. * Light sub-colors may not display well when projected using a projector. 5 #E00000

11.50 mm 7.80 mm 8.00 mm 3. Margins (Header/Footer) Leave space around the outside border of the slide. Treat the upper and lower margins as “header” and “footer”. Header and Footer, Left and Right Margins Position Distance from center Included information Header7.80 mmSlide Title Footer8.00 mm Corporate Identity (CI), slide number Left and right11.50 mmIn principle, write nothing 6 #E00000

4. Grid and Guides CHECK 0.1 cm CHECK Use the “Grid and Guides” to align elements on the slide and determine margin positioning. 7 #E00000

Set the guide so you can see the border of the header and footer, the center of the slide, and guidelines dividing the slide in thirds. 0 mm 4.30 mm mm 8.00 mm 5. Guide Position 7.80 mm 4.30 mm mm 0 mm 4.30 mm 8 #E00000

Dividing the image in thirds is also a technique used when composing photographs (for deciding the placement of the subject). 9 #E00000

6. Text (Body) Set the font size to “24pt”. Use the achromatic color from the theme colors for the text color. Set the line spacing to “ lines”, spacing before paragraphs to “0pt”, and spacing after paragraphs to “6-12pt”. Set the text alignment to “Left” in principle. A Christmas Carol Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: Body Heading and Body 10 #E00000

Supplement | Line Spacing Settings the court was of the narrowest, the houses opposite were mere phantoms. To see the dingy cloud come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing- The line spacing for text is in the presentation tools “paragraph” function. Example of setting the line spacing to “1.4lines”. Example of setting the “Line Spacing” 11 #E00000

Supplement | Paragraph Settings have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale. The door of Scrooge’s counting- house was open that he might keep his eye upon his clerk, who Paragraphs use the “Spacing After Paragraph” function to make room after the paragraphs. Avoid blank line breaks as much as possible. Example of setting spacing after paragraph to “12pt”. Example of setting the “Spacing After Paragraph” 12 #E00000

Supplement | The “Paragraph” Dialog Box Click the arrow mark on the right part of the “Paragraph” section of the “Home” tab. 13 #E00000

7. Headings Set the font size to “36pt”. Use the main color from the theme colors for the text color. Set the line spacing to “ lines”, spacing after paragraphs to “12-18pt”, and spacing before paragraphs to “24pt” or more. Set the text alignment to “Left”. Heading and Body A Christmas Carol Once upon a time—of all the good days in the year, on Christmas Eve—old Scrooge sat busy in his counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather: Headings 14 #E00000

List Parent Element. ⁃ List Child Element. The space after paragraph is set to “6pt”. ⁃ List Child Element #2. List Parent Element. Line spacing before paragraph is set to “12pt”. 8. Bullet Lists Use the “Bullets and Numbering” feature for bullet lists. Set the line spacing to “ lines”, spacing before paragraph to “0pt”, and spacing after paragraph to “6-12pt”. Bullet Lists Line Spacing pt Spacing after paragraph for child elements 6-12 pt Spacing before paragraph for parent elements 12 pt or higher 15 #E00000

Supplement | The “Bullets and Numbering” Dialog Box Select “Bullets and Numbering” from the “Home” tab. 16 #E00000

For bullet lists, do you adjust the indents by hand!? It's much easier to use the PowerPoint function!! 17 #E00000

9. Tables Use the “Table” function in PowerPoint for tables. Consider legibility when adjusting table borders, background colors, and character placement. Tables No.NameQtyUnit PriceTotal 1Product A1$100 2Product B3$300$900 3Product C5$500$2,500 Total$3,500 Border Thickness 1/2pt Border Color Achromatic Color Center item numbers Left-align names Right-align numbers 18 #E00000

10. Supplementary Explanation / Notes It is also possible to write supplementary explanation and notes in the footer as exceptions. Use the accent color as necessary in the notes. * Here is a supplementary explanation. * It is also fine to change the color of notes. Supplementary Explanation / Notes 19 #E00000

11. Cover Page DESIGN TEMPLATES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POWERPOINT Set the background color to plain white. List the title and CI (Corporate identity, logo, contributor) in the center. 20 #E00000

12. Table of Contents 1.Page Settings 2.Color 3.Margins (Header/Footer) 4.Grid and Guides 5.Guide Position 6.Text (Body) 7.Headings 8.Bullet Lists 9.Tables 10.Supplementary Explanation /Notes 11.Cover Page 12.Table of Contents Design Templates TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POWERPOINT Fill 1/5th of the background with the main color to indicate that it is different from the normal slides. 21 #E00000

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