PowerPoint Template

A Dodge PowerPoint template has been provided to create consistent branded presentations. Please apply the Dodge brand theme to all presentations.


For your convenience, the template has been pre-loaded to Microsoft Office. It is recommended that users open the template directly in PowerPoint using the instructions below. 


Alternatively, the PowerPoint template and theme are available for direct download to the right.


Opening Directly in PowerPoint


To open the most PowerPoint template directly in PowerPoint:

  1. Select "File" and "New"
  2. Select "RBC Bearings"
  3. Select "Dodge Industrial - PPT Template"


Updating PowerPoint Presentations

How to update your existing PowerPoint presentation to the new Dodge PowerPoint theme/look and feel:


  1. Open PowerPoint and create a new Dodge PowerPoint with the provided template
  2. Open your existing presentation separately
  3. Copy the slides from your existing presentation
  4. Paste them into the new Dodge PowerPoint presentation
  5. Apply the new Dodge theme to the old slides: On the Design tab, in the Themes group, select Dodge
  6. Go to View, then select Slide Master slide to look at how the slide content is intended (text color, placement, etc). When you convert old content into a new slide template, it doesn’t convert text to the correct size or color. So it will be important to look at the master to see how it is intended.
  7. While in the Slide Master view, make layout and content edits as needed to adjust the content to the new theme and template design


NOTE: When copying and pasting content into new template text boxes, use Paste Text Only to adopt the new formatting instead of bringing in the old. The shortcut for Paste as Text Only is: Ctrl + V , Ctrl , T

PowerPoint Best Practices

Keep It Short and to the Point

  • Limit the amount of text
    Best practice:         Each slide should have one main idea and a maximum of six supporting bullet points


  • Use bullet points instead of sentences
    Best practice:         Maximum of six words per bullet point


  • Limit the number of slides 
    Best practice:         one slide per minute


Be Consistent

  • Use the Dodge theme provided
  • Use the embedded Dodge brand font, Archivo, provided
  • Use the Dodge color palette included in the presentation theme provided
  • Use consistent type sizes throughout
  • Use the “fade” transition

Don't

  • Use PowerPoint themes other than the Dodge PowerPoint theme provided
  • Add or use colors other than the Dodge brand colors included in the presentation theme
  • Use fonts that aren't Archivo
  • Add or mix fonts with Archivo
  • Use too much text
  • Add slide animations
  • Use clip art
  • Use sound effects
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