Instructions for Using Templates

Installing fonts

Most of our templates require special fonts not included with the operating system or with standard applications. Download the fonts provided on the Template download page and add them to your system fonts (see below for more information on how to do this on your computer).

For MacOSX:

To install new fonts onto your Macintosh, drag the fonts file to the "Fonts" folder found in the following location on your hard drive:

Installing templates

Templates can be "installed" into Microsoft Office so they can be readily accessed from within programs like Word and Powerpoint through the "Project Gallery" and the menus.

  1. Download the templates and required fonts from the 1600SEB website, "Templates" section; install the fonts (see above for instructions on "Installing Fonts")
  2. MacOSX: If the downloaded templates do not have a Powerpoint icon () select them, choose "Open with..." from the File menu and, if "Microsoft Powerpoint" is an option, choose it. Otherwise, choose "Other..." and manually navigate to the Microsoft Powerpoint application. With the template(s) open in Powerpoint, select "Save" under the File menu for each template -- this will save the templates as Powerpoint templates; when you quit Powerpoint, the downloaded templates should now have a Powerpoint icon.
  3. Place the template files into the "My Templates" folder of Microsoft Office (see below for more information on how to find this folder on your computer).

MacOSX:

 

Using templates

There are two common ways to access and use templates from within Microsoft Office.

  1. Once the templates are installed, you can access them from the Microsoft Office Project Gallery:

  1. For Powerpoint documents, you can also apply a design template to an existing set of slides by choosing "Slide design...." under the Format menu.

    NOTE: The design can be applied to all slides in the file, to the current slide, or a selection of slides