1. PowerPoint User’s Guide
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PowerPoint User’s Guide
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2. Presentation Title City | Date 9/18/2018 12:07 PM
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3. DELETE THIS BOX BEFORE PRESENTING
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Event Name Here
City | Date
PLEASE READ
This is a customizable walk-in slide. Just click the icon in the center of the slide to add a picture. Please also overlay a gradient on the photo to ensure the text is readable. The correct gradient shape can be found off-slide to the right. After placing the gradient (with grouped logo) over your image, select the overlay and your image, go to Home > Arrange > Send to Back so that your text will appear over the image and gradient.
DELETE THIS BOX BEFORE PRESENTING
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4. Using the customizable section divider
Create a new slide with the “Section title layout – photo” layout.
As per the instructions at the top of the photo, click on the image icon to insert a new photo.
Navigate to the new photo file you’d like to use and click “Insert.”
If necessary, use the crop tool to make the desired part of the image show in the picture placeholder (select the image, go to Picture Tools > Crop).

5. Preferred text location
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Preferred text location
Header
Bullet
Most text slides are set up with a preset text master. You will see something like what is outlined in orange here. As long as you stick with these layouts, text will populate correctly in the designated area.
However, when creating slides with the “Title only, no logo” or “Blank” master layout, be sure not to encroach on the title header. Please keep text below the red dotted line seen above.
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6. Adjusting list levels Main topic 1: size 24pt Main topic 2: size 24pt
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Adjusting list levels
Main topic 1: size 24pt
Size 20pt for the subtopics
Main topic 2: size 24pt
Main topic 3: size 24pt
Use the “Decrease List Level” and “Increase List Level” tools on the Home Menu to change text levels.
Try this:
Place your cursor in any row of text to the left that says “Size 20pt for subtopics.”
Next click the Home tab, and then on the “Decrease List level” tool. Notice how the line moves up one level.
Now try placing your cursor in one of the “Main topic…” lines. of text. Click the “Increase List Level” tool and see how the text is pushed in one level.
Use these two tools to adjust your text levels as you work.
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7. Accent colors 1-6 – (6 Theme Colors to the far right)
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Slide palette info
The PowerPoint palette for this template has been built for you and is shown below. Avoid using too many colors in your presentation.
Accent colors 1-6 – (6 Theme Colors to the far right)
Text
Dark 2
R:232
G:119
B:34
R:242
G:180
B:17
R:99
G:102
B:106
R:136
G:139
B:141
R:177
G:179
B:179
R:208
G:208
B:206
Use Accents 4-6 sparingly – only when more colors are necessary.
Use Accent 1 as the main accent color. Use Accent 2 and Accent 3 when additional colors are needed.
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Slide palette info
The Optum secondary color palette should be used sparingly, primarily in charts and graphs.
In order to copy any of these colors into your palette, select a box, go to Home > Shape Fill > More Fill Colors… > Click “OK,” and the color will appear in your Recent Colors.
Secondary 1
R:98
G:125
B:50
Secondary 2
R:7
G:133
B:118
Secondary 3
R:0
G:84
B:159
Secondary 4
R:66
G:44
B:118
Secondary 5
R:163
G:42
B:46
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9. Creative development assets
Internally:
Externally:
Password: 1optum
Find assets like:
Optum logos
Icon library
Photo library contact sheets
Branded templates
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Photography
Optum photo library Our photography style features: real people, living real lives, it captures a moment, it doesn’t appear staged, it’s fresh and light, and uses beautiful lighting. The Optum proprietary photo library was created to establish a consistent visual identity for our brand.
Stock photography Optum has established a library of stock images that can be used at no charge for any creative project. Guidelines for stock photography are the same as our proprietary library: fresh, light, real people living real lives. If stock images need to be purchased contact the brand team at
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Access to photography
Contact sheets Contact sheets are an easy way to preview the images in the Optum proprietary photo library. The contact sheets are meant to be a preview only and should not be used to capture an image for a project. Please go to the AEM DAM and download the photo you’ve selected.
Contact sheets can be found by going to:
Internally: inside.optum.com
Externally: optum.com/brand Password: 1optum
Photo library and stock image access The AEM DAM is our digital asset management tool where we store creative assets, including our proprietary and stock libraries.
Please contact Matt Wrobel at to request AEM DAM access. Matt will need your MS ID to set you up as a user.
Image requests
We have intentionally withheld certain images from the AEM DAM because they require retouching. If you are unable to locate the image you need, please send an to:
Include the following information in your ;
File name and number
File type: JPG or TIF (hi-res)
Date needed by
Requested images will be shared using ECG Quick Connect.
To request access internally to ECG Quick Connect, please go to:
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Iconography
Icons have been placed on several slides in the template (in the “Slide Starters” section) to make it easy for you to use them in your presentations.
Simply copy and paste and the icon you need into your presentation.
If you need to develop a new icon please contact Michelle Oelke with the brand team.
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13. Confidentiality language
If you need to use this language on any of your slides, please copy it from the “Blank” slide sample layout (slide 20) in the template, and paste it as needed. It is already formatted correctly.
[Copy/paste this confidentiality language if you need it on any of your slides]
Confidential property of Optum. Do not distribute or reproduce without express permission from Optum.

14. Importing a quick access toolbar (QAT)
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Importing a quick access toolbar (QAT)
Drag .exportedUI file to desktop >>>>
File > Options > Quick Access Toolbar
Click Import/Export dropdown, then click “Import customization file”
Locate file on desktop, hit Open
Hit OK and begin to use
Click here to download .exportedUI file.
Toolbar should look like this and found below the ribbon. It will default to above the ribbon. To move, click on the dropdown arrow to the far right of the toolbar and select “Show below ribbon.”
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15. Easy to use alignment tools
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Easy to use alignment tools
These are your alignment tools in your quick access toolbar.
If you do not have your QAT setup, the alignment tools can be found in the drawing tools or photo tools ribbon once an object is selected.
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16. Easily crop images in various ratios
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Easily crop images in various ratios
To crop images to different ratios:
Insert your image.
Select the image.
Go to the “Picture tools” ribbon.
Near the far right of the ribbon you will see a “Crop” button. Click on the drop down carrot.
Move your cursor down and hover over “Aspect ratio.” You will see a full selection of aspect ratios.
The most commonly used by designers are 1x1, 4x3, and 16x9. The two latter will allow you to easily crop a full bleed image for either a 4x3 or 16x9 presentation.
Note: You will see a portrait and landscape section in the drop down. Most presentations are created in landscape, so keep that in mind. You will use the portrait section mostly for imagery paired with textual content.
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Layered world map
See next slide for instruction on how to customize this fully editable map.
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The selection pane
PowerPoint has a selection pane we can utilize to select objects in multi-layered slides. When building multi-layered slides be sure to name your layers for efficiency.
To find the selection pane, navigate to the ribbon at the top of the program.
Select the “Home” tab.
To the far right you will see the “Select” dropdown menu.
Click that and choose “Selection pane.”
A menu will pop up to the right in the same general location as the format shape menu appears.
This is your selection pane.
This is the selection pane from the previous slide. You can easily select countries and recolor them to customize your map slide for your presentation.
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