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    Guide to using PowerPoint

    Murdoch University’s PowerPoint template


    Table of Contents

    Section Key Decisions Slide Numbers

    1 How to get the PowerPoint template 3–4

    2 Adding or removing slides 5-7

    3 Fonts, styles and best practices 8-9

    4 Graphs, tables and images 10 - 13

    5 Header, footers and page numbers 14 - 15

    6 Printing and formatting 16 – 17

    7 Additional help 18 - 19

    2
    1
    How to get the PowerPoint template

    3
    Downloading the PowerPoint template

    1. Open the Brand Portal


    2. Download the PowerPoint template by clicking the three dots next to the MU
    PPT Template file and selecting download
    3. Open the download folder and open the new PPT Template file (double click to
    open a blank presentation in Windows, single click for a Mac)

    4
    2
    Adding or removing slides

    5
    Adding slides

    The blank PowerPoint template opens with 5 default


    slides
    To add slides:
    1. Select the Home menu and select the lower half of
    the New Slide button where the down arrow is
    2. Select one of the slide layouts to add as a new slide

    6
    Removing slides

    The blank PowerPoint template opens with 5 default


    slides
    To remove slides
    1. Select a slide from the left hand navigation to
    remove
    2. Press the delete key on the keyboard to remove it

    7
    3
    Fonts, styles and best practices

    8
    Fonts, styles & best practices

    The new Murdoch University template defaults to Arial font throughout


    • Title, section and thank you slides have separate font sizes and colours but use Arial
    font
    Content slides
    • Headings: Arial (Headings) 36pt – colour: Murdoch red
    • Body: Arial (Body) 24pt – colour: black
    • Hyperlinks use Murdoch University’s secondary teal colour.
    • Bullets and numbers are available to use in content layouts

    Note: The intent of providing this template is to provide staff and students a consistent and commonly styled format for all
    presentations to enhance the Murdoch University brand. The Murdoch University Brand Style Guide should be referenced for
    more information.
    9
    4
    Graphs, tables and images

    10
    Adding graphs

    1. Add a new slide. Select a layout with the word


    “Content” as the layout name
    2. From the Insert menu select Chart
    3. Choose a chart format to use

    Note: linking charts to external data


    sources (e.g. Excel) can increase the
    PowerPoint file size. To avoid this,
    screenshot the source charts and add
    them as images into your presentation

    11
    Adding tables

    A table slide has been included in the MU


    template default slides. You can duplicate this
    slide as needed. If removed you can readd this
    slide by following these steps:
    1. Select “Reuse Slides” from the Home menu
    2. Scroll down or search for the Murdoch
    University Presentation Template and select
    the correct file
    3. The template default slides will then be listed.
    Scroll through these slides and select slide 5
    with the sample table
    4. The table slide will be added to your current
    presentation
    5. Select the table and use the Table Design and 12
    Layout menus to update the table as needed
    Adding images

    1. Add a new slide. Select a layout with the word


    “Content” as the layout name
    2. From the Insert menu select Pictures
    3. Select an option to insert picture from:
    this device, stock images or an online pictures

    Note: Online images often have copyright


    restrictions, so please ensure images are
    sourced and used appropriately.

    13
    5
    Header, footer and page numbers

    14
    Header, footer and page numbers

    1. Select the Insert menu and select the


    Header & Footer icon
    2. Select to include the following on either
    the slide or the notes and handouts:
    • Date and time
    • Slide number or
    • A custom footer
    3. Select “Apply to All” when finished

    15
    6
    Printing and formatting

    16
    Printing and formatting

    1. Select the File menu and select Print


    2. Choose the layout “Full Page Slides”
    (or Slides on a Mac)
    3. Select the “Scale to Fit Paper” option
    (regardless of the layout selected)
    4. Always preview the printout layout
    before sending the pages to a printer

    Note: The default slide size has changed from 4:3 to


    16:9 to display presentations better on wide screen TV
    and monitors. This often uses less vertical space on
    printouts. For better results with printing material
    consider using Word or PDF as an alternative solution

    Mac

    17
    Windows
    7
    Need additional help?

    18
    Online assistance

    Microsoft provides PowerPoint for Windows and PowerPoint for Mac assistance
    There is also a lot of online material to provide further assistance.

    19

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