Custom Slide Layouts


PowerPoint 2007 offers five built-in standard layouts-formats that contain place-holders for text, graphics, charts, and so on. A layout is essentially a slide master that PowerPoint 2007 has created for you; all you have to do is choose one you like and begin typing your information. However, these five standard layouts don’t always meet the requirements for every presentation. In those cases, you’ll want to create a custom layout. This was possible in earlier versions of PowerPoint, but PowerPoint 2007 offers a slightly different process.

Note 

Adding a custom slide layout might seem at first glance to use the same steps as those involved in adding a slide master. The main difference-inserting a slide layout instead of a slide master-is critical, so it’s important to keep the two processes separate in your mind. The insertion, but not removal, of placeholders is also a required step in custom layouts.

Creating a Custom Slide Layout

To create a custom slide layout, follow these steps:

  1. Click Slide Master in the Presentation Views group on the View tab.

  2. In the Navigation Pane on the left containing the slide thumbnails, click a location between slide masters where you want to add the new layout. Do not select a slide.

  3. Go to the Slide Master tab, and click Insert Layout in the Edit Master group.

  4. Now you need to add content to your slide. With your custom layout slide thumbnail highlighted, click the arrow below Insert Placeholder in the Master Layout group on the Slide Master tab.

  5. Point to the placeholder you want, as shown next, and double-click it. To add another placeholder, repeat this step.

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  6. Arrange your placeholders the way you want them. If you decide to delete one, just click its border to select it, and press Delete.

  7. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and click Save As.

  8. Type a file name in the File Name box.

  9. In the Save As Type list, click PowerPoint Template.

  10. Click Save.

  11. To return to your original document, click Close Master View on the Slide Master tab.

Note 

Turn the title and footers on or off by selecting or clearing the check boxes next to those items in the Master Layout group on the Slide Master tab.




2007 Microsoft Office System Inside Out
2007 MicrosoftВ® Office System Inside Out (Bpg-Inside Out)
ISBN: 0735623244
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2007
Pages: 299

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