Sometimes when you use the PowerPoint template provided on the corporate design page, changes that you make within the footer in the master view are not transferred to existing pages, but appear on newly added slides.

You can work around this problem by deactivating the footer under the “Insert > Header and footer” tab, then entering your changes (either in the master view or in the “Header and footer” dialog box) and then reactivating it. Confirm your entry with “Apply to all.” PowerPoint then interprets all footers as newly created and applies the changes you made to all existing slides.

If you would like to use the Freie Universität green color as a highlighting color (please use sparingly), then we can recommend this trick.

Create a new object on one of your slides (e.g., a square) and fill it with the color you would like to use for highlighting. 
After you have done this, click on the object that you have created and go to the “Shape Format” tab. Select “Shape Fill” and click on the “Eyedropper” in the pop-up menu. With the eyedropper, select the color that was initially applied to your object (square). You can then delete the object (square).
Now select the text/word that you would like to highlight. The color you picked up with the eyedropper should appear in the section “Recent Colors” below the standard colors in the drop-down menu for text highlighting color. Now you can select and use it as a text highlighting color.

Please note that the “Recent Colors” section may be deleted automatically when you close PowerPoint. This does not usually happen when you use “Recent Colors” and save your document. If it does happen, you must repeat the steps listed above when you reopen your document.

When you use a PowerPoint poster template, it is useful to show gridlines (Freie Universität Grid) in order to be able to better position and align objects.

You can do this by simply selecting the “View” tab and checking the box next to “Gridlines” in the “Display” section.