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Accessing IMC PowerPoint Templates
- Go to the IMC website
- Go to this URL :
Resources
- Left mouse click on the PowerPoint picture you
want to use
- This will bring the image up in a web browser,
you shouldn’t see any of the font or text box information at this point
- Then right mouse click on the PowerPoint
picture and use the “Save Picture As” function
- Save the PowerPoint picture on your “C” drive
under the file “My Pictures”
- This picture should be saved as a JPEG file
- Then open PowerPoint
- Open an existing or create a new presentation
- The next step is to insert the PowerPoint
picture you saved as the background.
There are two ways to do this:
- While in “Slide View”, right mouse
click on the PowerPoint slide background
- Select “Background”
- When this option window appears, there is a
drop-down menu at the bottom where you can select the color of the background.
Access this drop-down menu and go to the “Fill Effects” option.
- Go to the “Picture” tab
- Press the “Select Picture”
option/button
- This should take you to your “My Pictures”
file on your hard drive
- Highlight the PowerPoint template you want to
use
- Press “Insert” to select this template
- This will take you back to the “Fill
Effects” option, press OK
- This will take you back to the “Background”
window, you should see the template in the preview window.
- Select the “Apply to All” option
- This will apply the new PowerPoint template to
all pages of your presentation
- You should always check each slide and adjust
text boxes or picture images when using a new background template
The second way to do this:
- At the top of your PowerPoint program menu go
to “Format” and select “Background”
- When this option window appears, there is a
drop-down menu at the bottom where you can select the color of the background.
Access this drop-down menu and go
- to the “Fill Effects” option.
- Go to the “Picture” tab
- Press the “Select Picture”
option/button
- This should take you to your “My Pictures”
file on your hard drive
- Highlight the PowerPoint template you want to
use
- Press “Insert” to select this template
- This will take you back to the “Fill
Effects” option, press OK
- This will take you back to the “Background”
window, you should see the template in the preview window.
- Select the “Apply to All” option
- This will apply the new PowerPoint template to
all pages of your presentation
- You should always check each slide and adjust
text boxes or picture images when using a new background template
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
- Reset
your Master Slide attributes
- Fonts
should be Verdana, Tahoma or Arial in bold
- Minimum
size font used should be 24 point
- Make
sure you have a minimum 1”margin on the top and bottom of your slides so
your text information is able to be seen
- Make
sure you have a minimum 1 ½” margin on the left and right of your
slides so your text information is able to be seen
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