Incorporate Multiple Logos

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Operating System: Windows 

empower® Add-in: Template Management 
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The logo feature of empower® allows you to insert and even change a logo in a fixed location on the master. This way, you can, for example, work with a single master for the whole company, even though you have multiple subsidiaries using different logos in their presentations.

To enable the logo feature, the following requirements must be met:

  • Folder Logos – All desired logos have to be saved in a dedicated Logos folder placed in the section Corporate Design Templates – Pictures of the empower® Library. If required, the folder can be added to a design folder.

    The folder has to be specifically mapped on the database.

  • Logo graphics – Are saved to the folder Logos and named in accordance with a specific naming pattern.

  • Logo placeholder – Is defined in the master template.

Important

One Logos folder can be defined on a database for the logo feature.

It is not possible to add content to any subfolder in the Logos folder since it will not be taken into account via the logo feature.

Note

If your empower® Environment is hosted in the empower® Cloud, the mapping on the database for the folder Logos will be performed by empower® Support.

If your empower® Environment is hosted in your own Corporate Cloud or on-premises, reach out to your IT department.

If you have questions regarding this setup, contact you Onboarding Specialist or Customer Success Manager.

Note

Once the mapping of this folder on the database has been set up, renaming this folder via the empower® Library does not affect the functionality of the logo feature.

Note

For further information regarding the presentation settings, see Use Presentation Settings.

For further information regarding enabling the presentation settings, refer to our empower® Admin Center manual.

For further information regarding logo protection, see Logo Protection.

Set up Logo Placeholders in Master Template

In the master template, you can either set up one logo placeholder on the primary slide to define that the same logo should be used on all layout slides, or you can set up logo placeholders on each layout slide that should contain a logo and therewith define which logo variant should be used on which layout slide.

To set up the logo placeholder in the master template, follow the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the tab View and click on the button Slide Master.

  2. Add any shape, most preferably a rectangle, onto the primary slide.

  1. Select the inserted shape and navigate to the group Presentation Settings in the tab Slide Master (Figure 1, “Group Presentation Settings”).

Figure 1. Group Presentation Settings

Group Presentation Settings

  1. Click on the button Logo Placeholder to expand the drop-down menu and choose the option Define logo (Figure 2, “Option Define logo”).

    To confirm the shape as a logo placeholder, a message box appears and confirms the change (Figure 3, “Message Box Successful Setup of Logo Placeholder”).

    The shape is now defined as a logo placeholder and the master is set up for the logo feature.

Figure 2. Option Define logo

Option Define logo

Figure 3. Message Box Successful Setup of Logo Placeholder

Message Box Successful Setup of Logo Placeholder

  1. Navigate to the selection pane by pressing the keys Alt + F10 and check if the logo placeholder has been renamed correctly (Figure 4, “Shape in Selection Pane”).

    The placeholder should now be named MIO_LOGOPLACEHOLDER#.

Figure 4. Shape in Selection Pane

Shape in Selection Pane

  1. If you only have one main logo without variants and this logo should be visible on all layout slides, skip step 7 and continue with step 8.

    If you only have one main logo but this logo should only be visible on specific layout slides, repeat steps 2 to 5 for each layout slide and then continue with step 8.

    If you have variants of a logo, e.g. because your main logo is dark and you have a light variant for dark slide backgrounds, continue with step 7.

  2. For each layout slide of the current mater template that should use a specific logo variant instead of the main logo, follow step 2 to 5.

    1. Then, rename the placeholder.

      To do so, add the variant name after the #, e.g. use MIO_LOGOPLACEHOLDER#white.

      The part from # onwards should be reflected in the logo variant's file name, so the variant can be mapped to the correct slide layouts.

      For further information, see Upload and Name Logos.

    2. If at least one layout slide under the primary slide has been configured to use a logo variant, set up the logo placeholder on all layout slides that should contain a logo.

      Otherwise, layout slides without logo placeholders will not have logos.

  1. Click on the button Hide logo to hide the shape on the layout slides (Figure 5, “Option Hide logo”).

    The eye symbol for this shape is stroke through now in the selection pane.

    Click on the button Show logo to reveal the shape at any time.

Figure 5. Option Hide logo

Option Hide logo

  1. Save the master template to the library.

    For further information regarding the master upload, see Upload a Master Template.

Important

The position of the logo on a slide is not defined by the position of the logo placeholder in the master template.

The position is defined by the logo's position during the upload to the logo folder in the empower® Library.

For further information, see Upload and Name Logos.

Insert Logos as Placeholders

If the logo placeholder is set up as described above, the logo is displayed as a fixed part of the slide.

It can therefore not be edited or moved by the user.

However, this also means that the logo can be overlapped or hidden by other elements on the slide.

If you want to prevent the logo from being overlapped or hidden by other elements, you can define that the logo should be inserted as a placeholder instead of a fixed graphic on the slide layout.

To do so, change the name of the logo placeholder in the master template to match the following pattern:

MIO_LOGOPLACEHOLDER#USE_PLACEHOLDER#[VARIANT NAME] 

Logos will then be inserted as editable and movable placeholders.

Important

If the logo placeholder is set up using the extension #USE_PLACEHOLDER, the logo will be scaled. This may cause the logo to be distorted.

Therefore, this extension should only be used if it is strictly required.

Upload and Name Logos

The logo graphics must be uploaded to the empower® Library and named according to a specific pattern.

You can upload main logos and variants of logos, e.g. by adding a dark logo as the default and a white logo as a fallback for slides with a dark background.

When uploading the logo files, make sure the following is taken into account:

Figure 6. Main Logo (1) and Logo Variant (2) in Library

Main Logo (1) and Logo Variant (2) in Library

If you have added a main logo with different variants to the logo folder, only the main logo is displayed in the logo selection of the Presentation Settings (Figure 7, “Main Logo in Presentation Settings”).

If a user chooses the main logo, the logo variants are used for slides which have been set up accordingly in the master template.

Figure 7. Main Logo in Presentation Settings

Main Logo in Presentation Settings

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