PowerPoint - Master Template Quick Note - Oakland University

Oakland University
PowerPoint – Master template quick notes
Darkgold.potx
GreyTan.potx
BlkBar.potx
MultiTopline.potx
MasterTopline.potx

Sample of all the templates found in the Darkgold.potx file.
Two masters are included in this sample containing a gold or grey/silver background

Master templates for
GreyTan.potx

Master templates for
BlkBar.potx

Master templates for MasterTopline.potx
Presentation/department name is placed in the Slide Master to serve as a global header for document.

Master templates for MultiTopline.potx
Top bar area is designed to serve as header of each page.
Two masters are included in this sample containing a white or cream background.

PowerPoint - Master template MAC user notes
When you open – only one slide will appear.
Click on the Slide Layouts button
This will show you all the options under the template design.
Insert slide format by selecting first the insert new slide button
You can view and edit the master layouts under the VIEW menu.
Change the view from NORMAL to MASTER.

Under MASTER VIEW – the master templates can be edited or additional masters can be created under the same theme.

Placing color theme in master folder allows you to access the OU pallet through any Microsoft program.
MAC placement directions:
Go to your System folder, LIBRARY, then APPLICATION SUPPORT, MICROSOFT
Seen above – you can see that all My Templates are stored in that location with My COLOR THEMES
The file “Main OU.xml” is the color profile used in all the templates.

PowerPoint Templates – Windows User Notes
First, to make the OU Color Palette available, place the file ‘Main OU.xml’ into the color palette directory.
Navigate to the appropriate path for your version of Windows:
For Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Themes\Theme Colors
For Windows Vista:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes\Theme Colors

Next, copy the Oakland University pre-designed templates to a convenient location. This could be something as common
as a folder called ‘Templates’ inside ‘My Documents’, or you could choose to copy them to the Microsoft Office program
folder directly. For this tutorial, I will place all of my template files in a folder called ‘Oakland University’ inside the
Microsoft Office Template folder like so:
Do not close this window yet – it will be needed again in just a moment!

Next, open PowerPoint and click the “Office button” in the upper left corner of the application window.
Click ‘New’ to open the New Presentation window:
In the left navigation area, click on ‘My Templates…’

Next, go back to the folder which contains the template files, select all of the templates you wish
to make available from PowerPoint, then drag them into the ‘My Templates’ section of the
‘New Presentation’ window:
Next, select any one of the template files and click the ‘OK’ button.
This will open PowerPoint with the template of your choice already available.

You may now proceed with adding your personalized presentation content. To add a new slide to your presentation, click
on the ‘Home’ tab of the Office Ribbon, click the arrow under ‘New Slide’.
Select one of the available slide layout options to add that slide to your presentation.

To see which slides currently exist in the presentation, click the ‘Normal’ button on the ‘View’ tab of the Office Ribbon.
When finished adding content to the presentation, save the file as a PowerPoint presentation, as normal.
From now on, a pre-defined template can be used by following these steps:
1.) Open PowerPoint.
2.) Click the Office button in the upper left corner of the application window.
3.) Click ‘New’.
4.) Click ‘My Templates…’
5.) Select a template and click ‘OK’.

General OU photos for use in presentations.
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