Give it a new name that you will easily be able to identify. Right click on top of it, and select Rename Layout.ĩ. Remember how we explored the right click options earlier? Find your new layout in the slide list on the left.

You should be left with a layout similar to this:Ĩ.

Notice you can use the PowerPoint guides (red dashed lines) to see if the boxes have lined up properly. Draw out this box next to the Content box you created.

Go back to Insert Placeholder (above), and this time select SmartArt. Draw out a box the size you would like your content box to be on your slides.ħ. Notice you have the option to limit content to a specific type, or insert generic content (what you are most used to seeing in layouts). In your new layout, find the Master Layout group, and select the dropdown for Insert Placeholder.ĥ. In the Slide Master tab, go to the Edit Master group an select Insert Layout.Ĥ. But for now, notice that if you like a layout, and want an additional slightly altered version of it, you have the ability to duplicate and alter.ģ.

Notice there is a plethora of options on a right click menu… more on this later.

Hover your mouse over one of them to see the name appear.

On the left side of the screen, notice a list of all the existing layouts. Go to View tab, Slide Master (instructions above).Ģ. Let’s make some adjustments to the Master Slides.ġ. Your presentation seems to disappear (but don’t worry, it is still there!), and you are thrown onto a new tab called Slide Master with a plethora of options.Īt any time, you can leave Master View by selecting Close Master View in the Slide Master tab.

In the View tab of the ribbon, Master Views group, select Slide Master. Let’s find where these Master Slides live. You probably noticed these options change when you select a different theme… that is because each theme comes with its own unique set of Master Slides. Whenever you select New Slide on the Home tab, you were picking from preset Master Slides. You have seen Master Slides before, even if you didn’t know where they lived. For reference, my screen shots are showing the Gallery theme.

No exercise file today! You can open PowerPoint to your favorite theme (or even no theme at all). Altering the Master Slide might sound intimidating, but it can be a huge time saving step… and can make uniformity of your presentation so much simpler. Other times you might want to do what we are about to do today, which is to make a larger layout change for your presentation. Why would someone want to alter a Master Slide in PowerPoint? Several reasons… Sometimes you are making a simple alteration to the overall formatting or appearance of your slides – we do this in PowerPoint Essentials training.

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