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 2010.

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About the author

Occupation: A marketer who likes
design.
Operates a PowerPoint Design
harutosuzuki

informational site that clearly

explains presentation materials
from a design perspective.

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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
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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)

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2. Color

Decide the colors used on the slides as theme

colors and unify the rules for colors in the
entire document.
Theme Colors

Base

Main

Accent

Achromatic
Color

Sub-Color

Sub-Color

Main

Achromatic

255

255

77

226

234

255

113

80

77

241

234

255

188

80

77

250

234

* 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.
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3. Margins (Header/Footer)

7.80cm

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

11.50cm

Position

Distance from
center

Included information

Header

7.80cm Slide Title

Footer

8.00cm

Left and right

Corporate Identity (CI), slide

number

11.50cm In principle, write nothing

8.00cm

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11.50cm

4. Grid and Guides

Use the Grid and Guides to align elements on

the slide and determine margin positioning.

CHECK

0.1cm
CHECK
CHECK

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5. Guide Position

7.80cm

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.
4.30cm

0cm
11.50cm

4.30cm

0cm

4.30cm

4.30cm

8.00cm
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11.50cm

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

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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 1.2-1.4lines, spacing
before paragraphs to 0pt, and spacing after
paragraphs to 6-12pt. Set the text alignment
to Left in principle.
Heading and Body

A Christmas Carol

Body

Once upon a timeof all the good days in the year,

on Christmas Eveold Scrooge sat busy in his
counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather:
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Supplement | Line Spacing Settings

The line spacing for text is in the presentation

tools paragraph function.
Example of setting the Line Spacing

Example of setting the

line spacing to 1.4lines.

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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-

Supplement | Paragraph Settings

Paragraphs use the Spacing After Paragraph

function to make room after the paragraphs.
Avoid blank line breaks as much as possible.
Example of setting the Spacing After Paragraph

have thought that Nature lived

hard by, and was brewing on a
large scale.
The door of Scrooges countinghouse was open that he might
keep his eye upon his clerk, who

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Example of setting spacing

after paragraph to 12pt.

Supplement | The Paragraph Dialog Box

Click the arrow mark on the right part of the

Paragraph section of the Home tab.

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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 1.2-1.4lines, 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 timeof all the good days in the year,
Headings
on Christmas Eveold Scrooge sat busy in his
counting-house. It was cold, bleak, biting weather:
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8. Bullet Lists

Use the Bullets and Numbering feature for

bullet lists. Set the line spacing to 1.0-1.4
lines, spacing before paragraph to 0pt, and
spacing after paragraph to 6-12pt.
Bullet Lists
Line Spacing
1.0-1.4pt

List Parent Element.

List Child Element. The space
after paragraph is set to 6pt.

Spacing after
paragraph for
child elements
6-12pt

List Child Element #2.

List Parent Element. Line spacing
before paragraph is set to 12pt.

Spacing before
paragraph for
parent elements

12pt or higher
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Supplement | The Bullets and Numbering Dialog Box

Select Bullets and Numbering from the

Home tab.

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For bullet lists,

do you adjust
the indents
by hand!?
It's much easier to use
the PowerPoint function!!

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9. Tables

Use the Table function in PowerPoint for

tables. Consider legibility when adjusting table
borders, background colors, and character
placement.
Border Thickness
1/2pt

Tables
No.

Qty

Unit Price

Total

Product A

Border Color
$100
$100
Achromatic Color

Product B

$300

$900

Product C

$500

$2,500

Center
item numbers
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Name

Total
Left-align
names

Right-align
numbers

$3,500

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.

Supplementary
Explanation / Notes
* Here is a supplementary explanation. * It is also fine to change the color of notes.
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11. Cover Page

Set the background color to plain white. List

the title and CI (Corporate identity, logo,

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contributor) in the center.

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12. Table of Contents

Fill 1/5th of the background with the main

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color toTO
indicate
that
it is
different
from
the

normal slides.
1. Page Settings
2. Color
3. Margins (Header/Footer)
4. Grid and Guides
5. Guide Position
6. Text (Body)
7. Headings
8. Bullet Lists
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