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7 Best Guideline-Themed Templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides

CrystalGraphics creates templates designed to make even average presentations look incredible. Below you’ll see thumbnail sized previews of the title slides of a few of our 7 best guideline templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides. The text you’ll see in in those slides is just example text. The guideline-related image or video you’ll see in the background of each title slide is designed to help you set the stage for your guideline-related topics and it is included with that template. In addition to the title slides, each of our templates comes with 17 additional slide layouts that you can use to create an unlimited number of presentation slides with your own added text and images. And every template is available in both widescreen and standard formats. With over 6 million presentation templates available for you to choose from, CrystalGraphics is the award-winning provider of the world’s largest collection of templates for PowerPoint and Google Slides. So, take your time and look around. You’ll like what you see! Whether you want 1 great template or an ongoing subscription, we've got affordable purchasing options and 24/7 download access to fit your needs. Thanks to our unbeatable combination of quality, selection and unique customization options, CrystalGraphics is the company you can count on for your presentation enhancement needs. Just ask any of our thousands of satisfied customers from virtually every leading company around the world. They love our products. We think you will, too!

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Presentation with guideline - Amazing theme having task-guideline-inscription-coming-out backdrop and a tawny brown colored foreground

Task Guideline Inscription Coming Out

The world of education is about to become a lot more engaging and interactive. Imagine walking into a lecture hall where the students are not just sitting there listening but actively participating in discussions and taking notes that will help them remember key concepts. The Corner Title template from CrystalGraphics is here to make this vision a reality, offering a unique blend of educational concept and professional design. The Corner Title template features a warm and inviting Saddle Brown color palette that sets the tone for an educational experience. This is particularly evident in its high resolution images for the background, which will provide ample space for vibrant illustrations and graphics. The template's design Name incorporates words from various topics such as college, education, notes, documents, and seminar, making it easy to find inspiration for your presentations. The Corner Title template is a valuable resource that can be downloaded and used on any device compatible with Google Slides. Featuring a sleek and modern layout, this template includes four How To slides at the start of the deck to help you get up and running quickly, but these steps are not revealed yet, leaving room for your creativity. The Arrow Stages Layout slide will guide you through designing the perfect presentation that will engage and inform your audience.

Presentation with guideline - Amazing presentation design having worker-on-the-construction-site backdrop and a cream colored foreground

Worker Construction Site Road Construction

As you begin your commercial construction project, you need a template that captures the essence of renovation and repair on a concrete foundation. Introducing "Concrete Renovation Blueprint" a stunning Widescreen Template for Google Slides featuring a high resolution image of a detailed blueprint with intricate details. This template is designed in Turquoise color palette to evoke a sense of trust and professionalism, perfect for any commercial construction project. With this template, you'll be able to enhance your presentation with a clean and modern design that includes a background with a texture that resembles concrete, giving it a rugged yet elegant look. The 4 How To slides at the start of the deck will guide you through the process quickly and efficiently, helping you get up and running on your project in no time. Featuring a prominent Timeline Layout slide, this template will help you visualize your project timeline and stay organized throughout the construction process. Including a Background With a subtle gradient effect to give it depth and dimension, "Concrete Renovation Blueprint" is not just a template it's an asset for any designer or architect. This template can be used as a starting point for various commercial construction projects such as road construction, building extension, or renovation of existing buildings. Having a theme of showcasing the importance of concrete in construction, this template will help you create a visual narrative that highlights the significance of using high quality materials and expertise in your project.

Presentation with guideline - Slides featuring corporate governance - business man pointing to transparent background and a white colored foreground

Business Man Pointing Transparent Board

In a sleek and professional setting, where high stakes decisions need to be made with clarity and precision, the right visual template is essential. Start with the familiar image of a business man standing confidently in front of a transparent white board filled with complex text, guiding the viewer towards a clear understanding of the subject matter at hand. This template, available for download on CrystalGraphics, features a timeless design that exudes confidence and expertise. The Slate Blue color palette provides a sophisticated backdrop for your content, complementing it perfectly. As you navigate through the four How To slides, which offer actionable guidance to get started quickly, you'll see how easily this template can be customized to fit any office assessment or executive setup. With its Circular Step Layout, Featuring and Including a Background With approach, this template seamlessly integrates complex text and visuals into a cohesive whole. The Enhanced with theme ensures that every element is tailored to support your presentation needs. Whether you're creating an impressive executive summary or simply want to present a concise business plan, this template provides the perfect foundation for success.

Presentation with guideline - Audience pleasing slides consisting of construction-worker-with-guideline backdrop and a coral colored foreground

Construction Worker Guideline Fence Construction

Imagine walking into a construction site on a sunny day, surrounded by the vibrant colors and textures of concrete and steel, as you get a glimpse of the renovation project that's about to take shape. The bright pink hues and bold fonts create a visually appealing background that sets the tone for this commercial template. This template is designed in a widescreen format, perfect for presenting high resolution images of construction sites or renovation projects. With its unique pink color palette, it adds a touch of modernity while still maintaining a sense of professionalism. The keywords concrete, renovation, repair, commercial, and extension are carefully incorporated into the design to cater to industries that require this type of template. The template is downloadable and compatible with Google Slides, making it easy to share and incorporate into presentations. High resolution images of construction sites will make the most of this feature. To give you an idea of how well the template works, consider using it as a comparison slide with one featuring a before and after renovation project. The contrast between the pink background and the bright colors of the image will create a striking visual representation. In addition to the main design elements, the template includes four How To slides to help users get started quickly. These can include a setup guide, example templates, or even tips for incorporating the template into their own presentations. When paired with a high quality background and bold fonts, these slides will enhance the overall presentation experience.

Presentation with guideline - PPT theme with guideline-under-the-white-background background and a white colored foreground

Guideline Under White Background

The Corner Title template is designed to provide a professional and clean look for any presentation or document where technical information needs to be presented in a clear and concise manner. This high resolution image of the guideline under the white background will serve as a great starting point for many users. Our template format is ideal for use on widescreen monitors, featuring the latest advancements in technology and mathematics. The vibrant lavender color palette provides an eye catching and sophisticated backdrop to your content. When using this template with Google Slides, you can find it downloadable and compatible for seamless integration into your presentation software. The high quality images embedded within the background will add a touch of realism and authenticity to your content, making complex technical information more accessible to your audience. The five year calendar timeline layout is an excellent example of how we've incorporated this feature to provide a clear visual representation of key dates throughout history. This template includes everything you need to create a professional looking presentation that showcases accurate and isolated line work, perfect for technical illustrations and diagrams. Perfectly suited for users who want to present complex data in a visually appealing manner, our Corner Title template is sure to enhance your content with its vibrant lavender color palette featuring a clean design.

Presentation with guideline - Theme having rule-of-thumb-refers background and a ocean colored foreground

Rule Thumb Refers Practical

As you dive into decision making and estimation, you're not just looking at numbers, but principles that guide your approach the rule of thumb. This template is designed to help you apply these guidelines effectively on Googleslide, providing a solid foundation for your projects. The Dark Slate Gray color palette features high resolution images as the background, giving your presentation a professional yet understated look. The Widescreen format ensures that all elements are visible and easy to read from anywhere in the room. When it comes to keywords, our template is optimized for decisions, estimating, guideline, idiom making it perfect for any project requiring these concepts. Featuring advanced Venn Diagram Layout, including a background with subtle texture, this template will help you categorize and visualize complex ideas. Having a theme of "Practical Decision Making", the use of simple shapes and clean lines creates an easy to understand visual hierarchy. Enhanced with Google Slides compatibility, this template is easily integratable into your existing workflows. Including a section on How To slides to get you started quickly, it's designed to streamline your presentation process.

▼Key features of this template

  • They are compatible with both PowerPoint and Google Slides running on either Windows PCs or Macs.

  • They are available in both standard and widescreen slide formats. You can choose your preferred format by clicking on the "Widescreen" check box or icon.

  • Each template includes a beautiful high-resolution background image or video to visually reinforce the theme of your presentation.

  • In addition, each template includes designer-created graphics and modern fonts to give your presentations an up-to-date, professional look.

  • Each template's default design and title text position have been carefully selected to complement its background without covering faces or other key elements.

  • All text includes backdrops whose transparency level is mathematically calculated to maximize text readability while still allowing the background to be seen.

  • And all the text, text backdrops and graphics in every slide are colored with a palette designed to beautifully complement the colors in the background.

  • Our Premium templates (those with the descriptor “Premium” in their subtitle) include over 64 slide layouts to give you maximum flexibility as you create your presentations.

    • Those layouts are available to you whenever you create a new slide or when you want to change the layout of an existing slide.
    • They include everything you need to make all sorts of presentations. In addition to the layouts for the title slide and the usual title and content slide, they include many other layouts for slide types including table of contents slides, org charts, charts, diagrams, infographics, photo slides, thank you slides and more.
    • While creating these layouts our template designers have ensured that all text in every layout adjusts as gracefully as possible to various numbers of words.

  • Customizable templates (those with the descriptor “Customizable” in their subtitle) may be easily modified online before you download them.

    • To modify them, simply click on the pencil editing icon, then select your choice of ready to go designs and title text positions.
    • The editing tool also makes it easy to reposition and scale the background image or video to best suit your needs.

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  • What is a PowerPoint template?

    • A well designed PowerPoint template is a file that can tell PowerPoint how to make your ordinary templates look extraordinary. They won’t change what your words or numbers say. But they might change their size, color, font and placement. And, overall, they can give your presentations a professionally-designed look that will give your content more credibility and give you more confidence.

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    • We have over 32,000 artist-created presentation templates in our PowerPlugs collection With a subscription, PowerPlugs templates are easy to download. Just sign in, find a template and click on the green Download button. ready for you to download. That alone offers you more variety to choose from than any of our competitors can offer. And, as if that weren’t enough, we also offer over 6 million templates in our Crystal collection. Crystal brand templates are our line of templates that have customization options. They have the word "CRYSTAL" on their web page images. You can customize several aspects of the templates. These templates include high-resolution background images from Shutterstock’s vast image collection matched up with artist-created presentation designs customized by our own proprietary AI software.

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  • Why should I choose your templates instead of the competition’s?

    • We’ve got a larger selection of professionally-designed PowerPoint templates than anyone else in the world.
    • Each template includes a high-resolution background image or video to visually inspire your audiences while reinforcing your message.
    • Each template includes 64 slide layouts to give you maximum flexibility as you create your presentations.
    • Our templates are available in both standard and widescreen slide formats. And our website lets you preview the slides each way.
    • Our free Template Finder™ plugin lets subscribers select and - with a single click - download and insert our templates into their presentations right from within PowerPoint.
    • We’ve been creating designer presentation templates for over 20 years. During that time we’ve won several awards and 5-star ratings for product quality. See About Us for more.

  • Do you offer a money-back guarantee?

    • Yes we do! We offer full 30-day money-back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied with your purchase.

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  • Can I share my downloaded templates or passwords with friends or coworkers?

    • Sorry but no. You are authorized to download each paid-for template to up to 3 of your personal devices and to use the templates you download in as many presentations as you want. But you are not authorized to share the templates, themselves, with others. That said, we do offer highly discounted site licenses to suit the needs of both small and large teams. Just tell us your needs and we’ll give you a quote!

  • System requirements:

    • The templates use the standard POTX format. So they are compatible with Google Slides and all PC, Mac and mobile devices running any version of PowerPoint from PowerPoint 2007 up through and including Office 365 desktop.
    • Please note: Google Slides does not currently support background videos. It treats them as still images.
    • For PowerPoint for the Web, first open your template into a desktop version of PowerPoint, then save it back out as a PPTX file. Then you can open that in PowerPoint for the Web.

  • How will I get my purchased templates?

    • You may download your selected templates as soon as your payment is received by PayPal. If you purchased an individual template, you will be provided with a download link both onscreen and via email. Just click on that link to begin the download process. If you purchased a subscription, you will receive an email containing a password to use along with your email address to sign in to any of the templates pages on CrystalGraphics.com. Once you are signed in, you can immediately start downloading your selected templates.

  • How do I use my templates after I download them?

    • You can either open a template to start a new presentation or you can add a template to an existing presentation. To open a template, just double click on it or use PowerPoint's File > Open tool. To add a template to an existing presentation, on the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Browse for Themes... then browse to select your template.

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