Using the PowerPoint Slide Master

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This PowerPoint Slide Master tutorial explains how to create a new PowerPoint Slide Master from an existing one and then apply it to a slide or presentation.

You can change the look of all of the slides in your presentation when you create a new PowerPoint Slide Master. Slide Masters also known as Master Slides act like templates and define how slides are formatted. This is a good way to ensure a consistent look and feel to your presentation throughout.

The PowerPoint Slide Master

A PowerPoint slide master is an element of the design template that stores information about the template, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color scheme information.

They also allow you to insert common elements on every slide, such as a common footer, slide number, copyright line, logo, or even pictures. If you want all of the slides in your presentation to use similar fonts, formatting, colors, and graphics, this is the best way to do this.

You may want to create a new Master instead of editing the existing one if you want to apply it only to selected slides or if you only plan to use it temporarily. You may also want to create a new Slide Master, and then apply it to the main Slide Master once you are sure of how you want it to look. This PowerPoint tutorial will show you how to accomplish that task.

Click View and then Click Task Pane

The Task Pane appears. Click on the Other Task Panes drop-down menu and select Slide Design. The Slide Design Task Pane appears. Click View. Click Master, Click Slide Master.

The Slide Master VIew toolbar and the list of Slide and Title Masters appear.

Click Insert. click Duplicate Slide Master. The Slide Master and Title Master are duplicated. the new Slide Master appears in the Slide Design Task Pane. Click Close Master View.

The Normal View of our presentation appears. Click the down arrow next to the new Slide Master. Click Apply to Selected slides. The new Slide Master is applied to your new slide.

You can apply the new slide master to all of your slides in your presentation by selecting Apply to All Slides. You can also make your new Slide Master the main Slide Master by clicking on Apply to Master.

If you want to start with a blank slide master, you can do that by clicking on New Slide Master instead of Duplicate Slide Master.

See also the Non-Linear PowerPoint Tutorial for a way to make a great user centered presentation.

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PowerPoint Tutorials Getting Acquainted The PowerPoint Workspace The Task Pane Working with the Taskpane The Slide Views Working with Toolbars Creating Slide Shows Creating a New Presentation Set Visual Rules Inserting New Slides Adding Text to Slides Using Grids and Guidelines Edit and Format Text Cut, Copy, and Paste Text Bulleted Lists Designing Slides Create Master Slides Adding New Masters Apply Design Templates Lines, Curves, & Shapes Draw and Format Lines Draw a Rectangle Draw an Ellipse Draw Bezier Curves Draw Freeform Lines Modify AutoShapes Tips & Tricks Add Watermark Add Slide Numbers View Multiple Presentations Keyboard Shortcuts More PowerPoint Tutorials at GuidesandTutorials.net