Letterhead Template

Wesleyan University Letterhead

Click on the link above to save the Wesleyan_university_letterhead.dotx template to your computer.   To have a template available whenever you start Word, store the template in the Start-up folder. To do this, select File > Options > Advanced. Scroll down to General and click File Locations. Note the location listed for Startup.  Save the letterhead template to this location. 

• To use in Word on a PC:

  1) In Word select File > Options > Add-Ins.

  2) In the Manage list, select Word Add-Ins and click Go. 

  3) Click the Templates tab

  4) Under Global templates and Add-ins, select the checkbox next to Wesleyan_university_letterhead.dotx.

• To use in Word on a Mac:

  1) Open Wesleyan_university_letterhead.dotx file in Word.

  2) Go to File > Save as Template

  3) The dialogue box should prompt you to save this file in the Word templates folder. Click Save.

Email Signatures

Download Logo for Email Signature

We have developed a new university standard email signature for you to use. Please change the information to reflect your personal information in the formats below. You may add in additional phone numbers if needed. Please change the URLs associated to reflect either departmental specific websites and Facebook pages as well as your email hyperlink. You may use the main university website and Facebook which are linked in the example below.

Please do not change the colors, fonts or font sizes. Font is Helvetica with 12pt type. Name and Title are in all caps. Name is bolded. If you do not have Helvetica, you can replace with Arial.

      NAME
      TITLE
      Wesleyan University | Department Name
      Address | Middletown, CT 06459
      P. 860 685-XXXX M. XXX XXX-XXX
      facebook | website

• How to Add Signature in Outlook and Other Mail Clients

  For Outlook Users:
  Please copy the signature from above and paste it into the email signature area in your email client. Once there, you can customize your information. The image will not copy so it must be downloaded and added separately. Please download the email signature file from the "Download Logo for Email Signature" link above and paste it into the email signature area above your name. You may need to change the font to Helvetica as it may default to another font.

  Here is a link to some online documentation on where to change your signature in Outlook: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-and-add-a-signature-to-messages-8ee5d4f4-68fd-464a-a1c1-0e1c80bb27f2 

  If you still need assistance, you can go to the ITS KnowledgeBase under the Email section for additional resources.

• How to Add Signature in Outlook 365

  For Office 365 Users:
  Please copy the signature from above and paste it into the email signature area in your email client. Once there, you can customize your information. You may need to change the font to Helvetica as it may default to another font.

  Here are instructions on how to create your signature: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-and-add-a-signature-to-messages-8ee5d4f4-68fd-464a-a1c1-0e1c80bb27f2?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US 
  
  If you still need assistance, you can go to the ITS KnowledgeBase under the Email section for additional resources.

Staff Photo Resizing In Photoshop

Photoshop Staff Image Template Download

This Photoshop PSD file will allow you to size your staff photos to the proper 150x200px portrait image size needed for your Cascade website staff listing.  You will need Adobe Photoshop installed on your computer to use this file and export the PNG photo file for your webpage. First Download the "staffphotos4cascade.psd" template to your computer from the link above, and Open Adobe Photoshop.

• To edit your image in Photoshop:

  In Photoshop, Go to File > Open  then browse and select your staff photo(s) file and click on "Open".  In the staff photo Right Click on the photo in the "Layer" Panel and Select > Duplicate Layer from the drop down menu. In the > As: field, Type the name of the staff person and Select > staffphotos4cascade.psd from the > Destination Document field. 

  Open > staffphotos4cascade.psd tab and Select the staff photo layer you want to edit in the Layer window. Using the resizing arrow tool, Resize the image uniformly, so the head and shoulders of the staff person fit into the 150w x 200h pixel frame size. 

  To export the PNG file needed for Cascade: With the layer highlighted, Go To File > Export > Export As > and review the export settings. They should be Format: PNG; Image Size: 150w X 200h px; Scale: 100%.  Select > Export All at the bottom and rename the file the name of the staff person in the photo and save to your computer. 

  For information on how to add an image to your Cascade webpage visit our Cascade Training Documentation. 

Powerpoint Template

Wesleyan Powerpoint Template

Click on the link above to save the Wesleyan_2019.potx template to your computer. To use the Wesleyan themed Powerpoint template for your presentations:

• To use PowerPoint Template on a PC:

  1) Download the .potx file to your C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\Custom Office Templates\ folder. 

  2) On the File tab in Powerpoint, click New. 

  3) Select Personal or Custom from the new options. 

  4) Under the tab you've selected, select the folder where your template is stored and double-click on the Wesleyan_2019.potx template. 

  5) A new presentation opens with the Wesleyan template applied to it.

• To use PowerPoint Template on a Mac:
  1) Download the .potx file to your Documents folder. 
  2) Launch Powerpoint
  3) go to File/New from Template
  4) in the Powerpoint window select Open
  5) select On my Mac
  6) select the .potx file in your Documents folder
  7) save as Wesleyan_2019 in the Templates folder