Design Your Slides

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Operating System: macOS 

empower® Add-in: Slides for macOS

To fill your presentation with content, you can design your own slides or use slide templates and fill them with content.

If you design your slides manually, you can choose which slide layout you want to use, you can insert elements from the empower® Library and format your texts as you need it.

Note

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Files with Microsoft Purview Information Protection labels similar to Public can be processed.

For further information regarding Microsoft Purview Information Protection, see Protect your sensitive data with Microsoft Purview.

Design Your Slide Manually

If you design your slides manually, there are several options you can use.

First, select a slide layout that you want to use.

To do so, follow the following steps:

  1. Make sure you are using an empower® Master that complies with your corporate design.

  2. Click on the little arrow symbol next to the button New Slide (Figure 1, “Options New Slide and Layout”).

    The layout selection opens.

    1. If you want to change the layout for the current slide, click on the button Layout (Figure 1, “Options New Slide and Layout”).

Figure 1. Options New Slide and Layout

Options New Slide and Layout

  1. Then, select a slide layout you want to use (Figure 2, “Slide Layout Selection”).

Figure 2. Slide Layout Selection

Slide Layout Selection

Now, you can use the content placeholders to insert your text, pictures, tables, charts or other content.

The content types you can insert depend on the placeholder type.

To do so, click on one of the element buttons (Text Elements, Charts, Tables, Icons, Pictures) (Figure 3, “Element Buttons”).

Figure 3. Element Buttons

Element Buttons

The side pane opens in the respective folder.

Here, you can find corporate design compliant pictures, tables or charts that can be used right-away (Figure 4, “Section Pictures”).

If you click on the button Shapes, the PowerPoint built-in options open.

Figure 4. Section Pictures

Section Pictures

Note

Depending on the setup of your empower® Environment, there might not be folders for all element types.

Note

If you use the placeholder icons to insert elements into a placeholder, the options are not restricted by empower®.

To stay consistent with your corporate design, always use the element buttons in the empower® Ribbon.

Available Elements

The empower® Ribbon offers access to several element types that can be inserted into your presentation.

The following elements are available:

  • Text Elements

  • Tables

  • Icons

  • Pictures

  • Shapes

Use Slide Templates and Slide Template Collections

Alternatively, you can use slide templates from the empower® Library.

These slide templates and slide template collections have been created in compliance with your corporate design and contain placeholder texts and images that can be replaced with your content.

To use a slide template, follow the following steps:

  1. Click on the button Slides in the empower® Ribbon (Figure 5, “Button Slides”).

    The side pane opens in the subsection Slides of the section Design Templates.

Figure 5. Button Slides

Button Slides

  1. Here, select the template you want to use.

  2. Either double-click on it or click on the button Insert (Figure 6, “Buttons Insert and Insert with Master” (1)).

    The slide will be inserted into the presentation, adapting to the current master used in the presentation.

    1. If you want to insert it with its original master, click on the button Insert with Master (Figure 6, “Buttons Insert and Insert with Master” (2)).

Figure 6. Buttons Insert and Insert with Master

Buttons Insert and Insert with Master

  1. Now, you can replace all texts and images with the content you want to use for your presentation (Figure 7, “Slide Template – Example”).

Figure 7. Slide Template – Example

Slide Template – Example

Note

Depending on your empower® Environment, the library section Design Templates – Slides may also contain slide template collections, saved in .pptx format.

To choose a slide template from a slide template collection, select the slide template collection and double-click on it to navigate into the collection. Then, select the slide template you want to use.

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