Overall Design Standards

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Overall Design Standards
• There are five basic slide samples presented here to
help you build a PowerPoint® presentation:
• Cover
Slide with David Geffen School of Medicine and
UCLA Health logos
• Section Title Slide
• Standard Slide
• Photo Slide
• Other Slides
• Select
and edit any of the following sample slides to create your own
custom presentation

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Overall Design Standards
• These standards are a tool to help guide you
• These
sample slides will not cover every design challenge
needed in a PowerPoint presentation
• Byusing these standards for color, type size, backgrounds
and placement, a presentation can be created that is in
keeping with our brand

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Overall Design Standards
• Please follow these basic guidelines when creating a
new presentation:
• The Cover Slide should always be the first and last slide
of every presentation
• Never change the background color of a slide
• This means never use a photo, illustration or pattern for the
background of any slide that contains copy
• All
slide transitions should be set to default; no animation
should be applied

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UCLA Health Cover Slide
• The previous slide is the David Geffen School of
Medicine and UCLA Health Cover Slide. It is always the
first and last slide of every PowerPoint presentation
• The background is always UCLA Blue (RGB values 83-104-149)
with white stripe behind logos
• The logos are always in full color
• Never add photos, illustrations or text to this slide
• For
best results, copy and paste the artwork from the
sample slide

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Section Title Slide –
Times 48 pt.

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Section Title Slide
• The previous slide is an example of a Section Title
Slide. This is used as a divider to begin sections in
a presentation
• The background is always white
• The top bar is always UCLA Blue
• The bottom bar is always PMS 1235
• The type is always black

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Standard Slide
• This is the Standard Slide design. This basic layout will
be used the majority of the time for all presentations
• Youcan change the slide layout by selecting other Text and
Content layouts available in the Slide Layout menu
• While the basic layout and available placeholders will change when
you select from the Slide Layout menu, text formatting and colors
should remain the same

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Standard Slide
• The Standard Slide has a few design rules:
• The header bar is always at the top of the slide and is UCLA Blue
• The bottom bar is always PMS 1235
• TheDavid Geffen School of Medicine logo and the UCLA Health logo
are always in full color, and is placed below the bottom bar
• Thepage number is always Arial 10 pt. black, and is placed in the right
corner of the bottom bar, 0.25" from the right edge
• Theheader bar, bottom bar, logos and page numbers are
preformatted in the Master Page. By default, these elements
should appear on every slide except for the Cover Slides
• Toreview the Master Page layout, select View | Master | Slide Master
from the PowerPoint main menu

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Color Palette

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Color Palette
• All slides have been created using the following color
palette. These colors should not be changed:
• UCLA Blue
• PMS 1235 Yellow
• PMS Cool Gray 10
• Black

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Text Formatting

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Fonts & Point Sizes
• Font colors and point sizes are preformatted in the
Master Page and should not be changed
• Slide headings are set in Times at 36 pt. and appear in white
• Body
copy is set in Arial at various point sizes and appears in
UCLA Blue, black or PMS Cool Gray 10
• The next slide is an example of the fonts, sizes and colors used
throughout the presentation
• To
review the Master Page layout, select View | Master | Slide
Master from the PowerPoint main menu

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Bullets & Indents
• Bullets are used on all sample slides to show examples
of font and color formatting for each level of text
• Usethe Bullets and Decrease | Increase Indent options in the
formatting toolbar to create text levels

• First Level – Arial 24 pt.

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Photo Caption Here

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Photo Slide
• The previous slide is an example of a Photo Slide.
Photo Slides are created using the Title and Content
Layout from the Slide Layout menu
• Photos should always bleed left and right, and do not go beyond
the top and bottom bars
• The top bar and bottom bar should not be covered by the photo
• Never place type over the photo
• Caption is always below the photo in the area above the bottom bar
• Bydefault, the photo will conform to the size of the placeholder
provided in the basic slide layout
• You will need to manually scale and crop your image to be full-bleed
using the format picture options and tools in the drawing toolbar

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Other Slide Layouts

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Other Slide Layouts
• This is an example of how to
place a smaller photo using a
Title, Text and Content Layout
• Photos should scale from the
center to the edge of the slide
• Copy should never overlap
the photo
• Photos should not cover the
top bar or the bottom bar
• Photos can be on the right-
or left-hand side of a slide
• Both options are available in
the Slide Layout menu

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Other Slide Layouts
• This is an example of a Title • Arial 20pt
and 2-Column Text Layout • Arial 18pt
• All
font and color formatting • Arial16 pt
standards are the same when
using multiple text boxes
• Theboxes should be separated
by a 0.75 pt. black rule as
shown
• You can manually insert a rule
or copy and paste it from this
sample slide

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Slide Heading – Times 32 pt.
• First Level – Arial 24 pt.
• Second Level – Arial 20 pt.
• Third Level – Arial 18 pt.
• Fourth Level – Arial 16 pt.
• Fifth Level – Arial 14 pt.

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Other Slide Layouts
• Illustrations and smaller photos
can be used in presentations
• The illustration or photo should
not interfere with the body copy
• Bydefault, the photo will
conform to the size of the
placeholder provided in the
basic slide layout
• You can customize the size
and placement of your
image(s) using the format
picture options and tools in
the drawing toolbar

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Other Slide Layouts
• This is an example of how to
use a chart in a presentation
• Always use colors that will
complement your slide color
palette
• If
your chart contains type,
make sure it is easy to read
against your slide background
• Usea 0.75 pt. gray rule to
separate the chart from the
body copy
• You can manually insert a rule
or copy and paste it from this
sample slide

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