Controlling Slide Appearance with Masters

If you want an object, such as a company logo or clip art, to appear on every slide in your presentation (except the title slide), place it on the Slide Master . All of the characteristics of the Slide Master (background color, text color , font, and font size) appear on every slide. The title slide has its own master, called the Title Master . Each master contains placeholders. You can modify and arrange placeholders for the date and time, footers, and slide numbers . The Slide Master View toolbar contains several buttons to insert, delete, rename, duplicate, and preserve masters. When you preserve a master, you protect it from being deleted.

Include an Object on Every Slide

Click the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.

TIMESAVER Press and hold Shift, and then click the Normal view button to view the Slide Master.

Add the object you want, and then modify its size and placement.

Click the Close Master View button on the Slide Master View toolbar.

Insert a New Master

Click the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.

To insert a new master, click the Insert New Slide Master button, or click the Insert New Title Master button on the Slide Master View toolbar.

To lock a master, click the Preserve Master button.

Click the Close Master View button on the Slide Master View toolbar.

Apply a Design Template to a Master

Click the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.

Select the master slide you want to apply a design.

Click the Slide Design button on the Formatting toolbar.

Point to the design you want, click the list arrow, and then click Replace Selected Designs.

Click the Close Master View button on the Slide Master View toolbar.

Modify Placeholders

Click the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.

Select the master slide with the placeholder you want to change.

Select the placeholder you want to change.

To format the placeholder, use the formatting tools on the Formatting toolbar.

To delete the placeholder, press the Delete key.

To add placeholders, click the Master Layout button on the Slide Master View toolbar, select the check boxes with the placeholders you want to add, and then click OK.

Click the Close Master View button on the Slide Master View toolbar.