When you use the AutoContent Wizard to create a new presentation, PowerPoint suggests presentation text and applies background colors to the presentation. You can also create a new presentation based on a design template that does not include text. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 includes a variety of design templates that you can apply to your presentation. A design template is a model on which a presentation is based, including graphic elements, animations, and a color schemea coordinated palette of eight colors that includes background, text, bullet, and accent colors. Additional templates are available on the Microsoft Office Online Web site.
In this activity, you will create a new presentation based on one of the PowerPoint design templates.
From the Slide Design task pane, you can change the design template for an entire presentation, for a single slide, or for a selection of slides. In this activity, you will change the design template for the first slide.
In this activity, you will change the design template for the entire presentation.
1. | If necessary, on the Formatting toolbar, click Design |
2. | Under Available For Use, locate the burgundy colored Curtain Call design template and point to it so that a bar with an arrow displays. Click the arrow to display a menu. Click Apply to All Slides. Scroll through the presentation and notice that all of the slides display in the Curtain Call design template. |
3. | In the Slide Design task pane, under Recently Used, click Shimmer and notice that all of the slides in the presentation are formatted with the Shimmer design. |
4. | With the Shimmer design applied to all the slides, Save |
You can select multiple slides and apply a design to only the slides that you select. In this activity, you will change the design template for Slides 1, 4, and 5.
1. | In the Outline/Slides pane, click the Slides tab. Click Slide 1 so that a border surrounds it, indicating that the slide is selected. Press and hold down |
2. | If necessary, on the Formatting toolbar, click Design |
3. | Under Available For Use, click the dark blue Cascade design template. Notice that the Cascade design template, distinguished by its graphic in the upper left corner, is applied to Slides 1, 4, and 5. |
4. | Save |
More Knowledge: Using Multiple Design Templates in a Presentation
Be sure that if you choose to use multiple design templates in the same presentation, that the templates are similar to each other. A well-designed presentation includes some common elements on each slide. Too many different templates and backgrounds may result in a presentation that looks unprofessional and that distracts from the content.