1. Instructions for using this template
PowerPoint 2016
August 2017

2. Instructions for using this template
PowerPoint 2016
August 2017

3. Slides in this template
The following slides are instructions for using this PowerPoint template.
They also contain examples of programmed styles, charts and diagrams.
When you are ready to begin your presentation, delete the slides by selecting them in the left thumbnail window and pressing ‘Delete’ on your keyboard.
If you are unsure of how to use the template, you can leave these slides in the presentation and insert new slides before or after. Remember to delete them before finalising your presentation.
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4. How to choose a slide template
Choose ‘New Slide’ from the ‘Home’ tab on the ribbon
Select the desired layout from the thumbnails in the dropdown or after the slide has been chosen by choosing the ‘Layout’ button (next to ‘New Slide’)
There are options for different text and content layouts.
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5. Slide template layouts
There are multiple slide template layouts available:
Title Slide A
Title Slide B
Title and Content
Two Content
Two Thirds, One Third
Text and Image
Chart
SmartArt
Section Break A
Section Break B
Blank
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6. Bullet points Subtitle – Level One Body text (set in 20pt) – Level Two
Bullet point (set in 20pt)– Level Three
Medium text (set in 18pt) - Level Four
Bullet point (set in 18pt) - Level Five
Small text (set in 16pt) - Level Six
Bullet point (set in 16pt) - Level Seven
Small Indented text (set in 16pt) – Level Eight
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7. Bullet points Two thirds, one third template
Subtitle – Level One
Body text (set in 20pt) – Level Two
Bullet point (set in 20pt) – Level Three
Medium text (set in 18pt) - Level Four
Bullet point (set in 18pt) - Level Five
Small text (set in 16pt) - Level Six
Bullet point (set in 16pt) - Level Seven
Small Indented text (set in 16pt) – Level Eight
Subtitle – Level One
Body text (20pt) – L2
Bullet (20pt) – L3
Medium text (18pt) – L4
Bullet point (18pt) – L5
Small text (16pt) – L6
Bullet point (16pt) – L7
Small Indented text (16pt) – L8
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8. Using bullet points
The bullet point template has 3 options for bullets set up in what is called a level system. To change the text to the next list level design, press ‘Tab’ at the start of the line (or use the ‘Increase List Level’ button).
Pressing ‘Shift+Tab’ (or the ‘Decrease List Level’ button) will take you back through the bullet list
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9. Content areas
In any of the slides, the text area can also contain other content.
You will notice under the “Click to enter text” line are icons displaying options to insert graphs, pictures, Excel tables etc.
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10. Formatting existing presentations
You can easily insert and re-format slides from existing presentations.
Select the slides in the existing presentation via the slide thumbnails panel to the left of the program
Copy, then paste into the template presentation slide thumbnails panel
Choose the ‘Layout’ for each slide as appropriate
Make sure to select the Slides once more and choose ‘Reset’. This will ensure all items within the slide are forced to adopt the new layout.
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11. File size To reduce the file size of the presentation:
Click on any image in the presentation
Select Picture Tools > Format > Compress Pictures >
Uncheck the ‘Apply only to this picture’ option
Click ‘Okay’ to compress, and delete cropped areas from all the images
PLEASE NOTE: unchecking the ‘Apply only to this picture’ will mean that compression will also apply to design graphics. Review all graphics for image quality before saving the presentation.
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12. Heavy text page with heading that can run over two lines
Subtitle – Level One
Body text (set in 20pt) – Level Two
Bullet point (set in 20pt) – Level Three
Medium text (set in 18pt) - Level Four
Bullet point (set in 18pt) - Level Five
Small text (set in 16pt) - Level Six
Bullet point (set in 16pt) - Level Seven
Small Indented text (set in 16pt) – Level Eight
Subtitle – Level One
Body text (set in 20pt) – Level Two
Bullet point (set in 20pt) – Level Three
Medium text (set in 18pt) - Level Four
Bullet point (set in 18pt) - Level Five
Small text (set in 16pt) - Level Six
Bullet point (set in 16pt) - Level Seven
Small Indented text (set in 16pt) – Level Eight
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13. Text and image page with heading over two lines
Subtitle – Level One
Body text (set in 20pt) – Level Two
Bullet point (set in 20pt)– Level Three
Medium text (set in 18pt) - Level Four
Bullet point (set in 18pt) - Level Five
Small text (set in 16pt) - Level Six
Bullet point (set in 16pt) - Level Seven
Small Indented text (set in 16pt) – Level Eight
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14. Bolton Clarke colours
The following ten colours with RGB (Red, Green, Blue) breakdowns are the Bolton Clarke corporate colours. If the colour you require is not available via the ‘Theme Colors’ drop down menu then specify it using the ‘more colors’ in the drop down menu using the RGB values below.
Salmon
R:234 G:81 B:103
Dark Orange
R:236 G:103 B:48
Light Orange
R:245 G:153 B:37
Dark Grey
R:111 G:111 B:111
Light Grey
R:227 G:227 B:227
Blue
R:74 G:174 B:223
Purple
R:171 G:118 B:173
Teal
R:86 G:186 B:162
Green
R:187 G:204 B:63
Yellow
R:247 G:205 B:0
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15. Theme Colors menu explanation
The drop down ‘Theme Colors’ menu available by clicking on ‘Font Color’ is limited to ten colours and must include black, white and very dark grey for text and backgrounds. Therefore only seven corporate colours are included in the Theme Colors. The three additional colours (Green, Teal, Yellow) are not included in Theme Colors, but can be used in presentations.
Salmon
R:234 G:81 B:103
Dark Orange
R:236 G:103 B:48
Light Orange
R:245 G:153 B:37
Dark Grey
R:111 G:111 B:111
Purple
R:171 G:118 B:173
Blue
R:74 G:174 B:223
Black
R:0 G:0 B:0
White
Very Dark Grey
R:74 G:74 B:74
Light Grey
R:227 G:227 B:227
Green
R:187 G:204 B:63
Teal
R:86 G:186 B:162
Yellow
R:247 G:205 B:0
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16. Chart example
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17. Pie Chart example
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18. SmartArt example – Single colour
Text
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19. SmartArt example – Multi colour
Text
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20. Divider title set over two lines or more

21. Divider title set over two lines or more