Microsoft Office Specialist When you apply a template to a presentation, PowerPoint copies the information from the masters in the template to the corresponding masters in the presentation. All slides in a presentation then acquire the look of the template. You can use one of the many templates that come with PowerPoint, or you can create your own from existing presentations.
If you make changes to the layout of a slide but then decide you would rather use the original slide layout, you can reapply the original slide layout to that slide.
To reapply a slide layout:
Display the slide to which you want to reapply a slide layout.
On the Format menu, click Slide Layout to display the Slide Layout task pane.
Point to the slide layout you want to reapply, and click the down arrow that appears.
On the drop-down menu, click Reapply Layout .
PowerPoint reapplies the slide layout.
See Also | For more information about slide layouts, see Creating a Presentation Based on Design in Chapter 1. |
You can apply different templates throughout the development process until you find the look that you like best. To apply a template to an existing presentation, you open the presentation and then use the Slide Design task pane to locate and select the template that you want.
In this exercise, you will apply a template to an existing presentation.
BE SURE TO start PowerPoint before beginning this exercise.
USE the AddTemplate presentation and ApplyTemplate template in the practice file folder for this topic. These practice files are located in the My Documents\Microsoft Press\PowerPoint 2003 SBS\ApplyingDesign \MakingLook folder and can also be accessed by clicking Start/All Programs/Microsoft Press/PowerPoint 2003 Step by Step .
OPEN the AddTemplate presentation.
On the Formatting toolbar, click the Slide Design button.
The Slide Design task pane opens.
With Design Templates active in the Slide Design task pane, click Browse at the bottom of the pane.
The Apply Design Template dialog box appears.
On the Places bar, click the My Documents icon. Then navigate to the Microsoft Press \PowerPoint 2003 SBS\ApplyingDesign\MakingLook folder, and click ApplyTemplate .
A preview of the template s design is shown in the box on the right.
Click Apply .
PowerPoint applies the information from the ApplyTemplate design template to the masters in the presentation. The text style and format, colors, and background objects change to match those of the template, but the content remains the same.
Tip | If the template thumbnails in your Apply a design template list are a lot smaller than ours, don t worry. If you want to display larger thumbnails, right-click a template, and click Show Large Previews on the shortcut menu. |
Close the Slide Design task pane.
On the Standard toolbar, click the Save button to save the presentation.
CLOSE the AddTemplate presentation.