Slide Layouts and Slide Master

Layouts Are Templates for Slides

Each slide uses a layout - Title Slide, Title and Content, Two Content, Title Only, Blank...

Change a layout: Home → Layout, or right-click a slide → Layout. Content follows the layout; switching layouts reformats the slide to match.

Placeholders

• Placeholders are the dashed boxes for titles, text, pictures and charts.
• Click inside a placeholder to add content; delete a placeholder to free the space.
• Text called body in a placeholder automatically inherits bullets.

The Slide Master - Edit Everything at Once

View → Slide Master opens the master - the blueprint behind every slide:

• Change fonts, colors and the logo on the master slide and every slide updates.
• Edit a layout under the master for targeted changes.
• Return with Close Master View on the ribbon.

Themes and Variants

Design tab: Themes change fonts/colors/effects everywhere; Variants are color tweaks of the current theme. Add your fonts/colors at the master so the theme stays consistent.

Key Points

• Manipulate layouts, not slides, when a design must change everywhere.
• The Slide Master is where brand logos and fonts belong.
• Themes + master = instant, consistent redesigns.