Using the TCN standard PowerPoint template

When you open PowerPoint in Citrix you will find that it opens with a standard TCN template, you will see the standard TCN layout.
This template is setup to use for all your TCN and Project documents.

Theme Colors

The standard template colors are set for corporate blue; you can change this to match your project colors as follows:

Select the Design tab.
Select Colors in the Themes group.
Select the required theme color from the Custom list.

Note: Use TCN gray for internal documents.

All color pallets now have the theme color of your project. Also the background, main bars and sub bars have the correct color.

The color pallets have 10 theme colors, in order form left to right these are:

1.	White	Standard.
2.	Black	Standard.
3.	Main bar	Black for corporate and colored for projects.
4.	Sub bar	Blue or gray for corporate and black for projects.
5.	Main color	Use this color for objects or text that you want to have your project color.

	Note:	Do not use the main bar or sub bar colors, these will switch from color to black or vice versa when you switch form a corporate theme to a project theme or vice versa.
6.	40% of Main bar	Black for corporate and colored for projects.
7.	40% of Sub bar	Blue or gray for corporate and black for projects.
8.	Red	Standard.
9.	Yellow	Standard.
10.	Green	Standard.

Tip: You can switch theme colors at any time, all objects or texts will change to the new theme color.

Stamps

A black stamp is placed in the top right corner by default; the stamp will not change color when you select a different theme color.

You can change the stamp to a different color by replacing it with a different colored stamp:

Select the stamp.
Select the Format tab under Drawing Tools.
Click on the Shape Fill command in the Shape Styles group.
Select No Fill to delete the black stamp.
Next click on the Insert Picture from File icon in the stamp frame
Browse to the following folder:
I:\TCN Toolbox\TCN Organization\Communications (Martine)\TCN Branding\TCN Stamp for internal use.
Select the desired stamp form the TCN Stamp office or the TCN Stamp rotated office folder (the default stamp is a rotated stamp).
Note: You will have to repeat this on each slide separately.

Slides

The standard template already has three slides, a title slide, a content slide and an end slide.

There are 11 slide types to choose from:

1.	Presentation slide	The title slide, here you can enter a background picture and the title of your presentation.
2.	Title and Content	A content slide, used for most content.
3.	End slide	The end slide, here you can enter a background picture and a Trammel image.
4.	Section Header	Use this slide if you want to divide your presentation into different sections.
5.	Title Only	Only a title can be entered on this slide, no content text.
6.	Blank	Yes, a blank slide.
7.	Two Content	A content slide with two columns.
8.	Two Content with caption	Same as a two content but with an extra caption text area.
9.	Content with Caption	Same as a title and content slide but with an extra caption text area.
10.	Title and Vertical Content	Horizontal title with vertical content.
11.	Vertical Title and Content	Vertical title and content.

Slide layout
The standard template has a layout that is aliened on a set of drawing guides.
Press Alt+F9 to see these drawing lines. Press Alt+F9 again to hide them.
You might also see a grid; you can toggle this on and off by pressing Shift+F9.

Insert slides
You can insert a new slide as follows:

Select the Home tab.
Click on New Slide in the Slides group.

Note: Click on the text to choose a slide, click on the icon to insert a slide of the same type as the current or previous slide.

Change slides
You can change the layout of an existing slide as follows:

Select the Home tab.
Click on Layout in the Slides group.
Select the desired slide.

TCN Paws

You can select the TCN paws, as follows:

Select the Home tab.
Select the text where you want to add the TCN Paws.
Click on Increase List level in the Paragraph group.

Note: Click on Decrease List Level to remove the TCN Paws, or click on Bullets to preserve the level indentation.