Going down the PowerPoint template route is a great option for most people. We’ll look at all of the changes you can make to the slide master so you can go from a templated presentation to something that feels a little more custom.
Now that you know what you’re looking at in PowerPoint, you can start to edit the template.
(You can also find it under View > Slide Master.) How to Edit a PowerPoint Template You can find all the different slide choices available for your theme under Home > Layout. You’ll know these because the containers have dotted lines and often contain text or icons that tell you to “place an image or text here”.Įach template includes all of the above with a set of slide layouts for specific needs. Placeholders are all the boxes for specific types of content on each slide. The slide theme is all of the stuff that’s unique to a set of slide layouts, including colors, fonts, effects or transitions and backgrounds. PowerPoint calls individual slide templates “slide layouts,” and the full template is the “master slide layout.” This little tidbit comes in handy if you have ever to use documentation or help files.
