You choose the layouts that best match your slide content some are better for text and some are better for graphics. You change and manage slide layouts in Slide Master view. If you use more than one theme in your presentation, you’ll have more than one slide master and multiple sets of layouts. We make those pre-designed themes available to you on the Design tab in Normal view. You can also get more themes from .Įvery theme you use in your presentation includes a slide master and a related set of layouts. A skilled designer created each theme in PowerPoint. ThemesĪ theme is a palette of colors, fonts, and special effects (like shadows, reflections, 3-D effects, and more) that complement one another. If you edit the slide master or layout masters after you create individual slides, you’ll need to reapply the changed layouts to the existing slides in your presentation in Normal view. That way, all the slides that you add to your presentation are based on your custom edits. Note: It's a good idea to edit your slide master and layout masters before you start to create individual slides. To edit that thing, you must switch to Slide Master view.

Conversely, if you're working in Normal view and find that you're unable to edit an element on a slide (such as, 'why can't I remove this picture?') it may be because the thing you're trying to change is defined on the slide master or a layout master. When you make changes to layout masters and the slide master in Slide Master view, other people working in your presentation (in Normal view) can’t accidentally delete or edit what you’ve done.

However, the majority of changes that you make will most likely be to the layout masters related to the master. When you edit the slide master, all slides that are based on that master will contain those changes. The related layout masters appear just below the slide master (as in this picture from PowerPoint for macOS):

The master slide is the top slide in the thumbnail pane on the left side of the window. To open Slide Master view, on the View tab, select Slide Master:

When you want all your slides to contain the same fonts and images (such as logos), you can make those changes in one place-the Slide Master, and they'll be applied to all your slides.

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