Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Masters

In PowerPoint presentations, the Slide Master controls the look and feel of the presentation. Changes made on the Slide Master can affect every slide in the presentation, although you're always given the option of applying changes only to the slide you're working with. The Slide Master provides a great way to add uniform elements, such as logos or page numbers, to a slide presentation.

To access the Slide Master, select View > Slide Master. In Office 2007, the Slide Master tab can be found on the far left of the screen. From the Slide Master tab, you can control all of the major elements of a slide, including the layout, titles, footers and their attributes, colours, fonts, effects, background styles and slide orientation. Changes you make on the Slide Master will affect each slide in the presentation unless you indicate otherwise.

The Slide Master contains text and graphics placeholders. A placeholder is a pre-formatted text box where you can insert title or body text for your slide. You can also insert graphics, graphs or other pre-defined elements, depending upon the type of placeholder you apply.

You can insert and delete placeholders. To insert a placeholder, select the Insert Placeholder button found on the ribbon. Select the type of placeholder you want to add. To delete a placeholder, select it and press the Delete key. You can also select Delete from the Edit menu, or right click on the placeholder and select the Delete option.

Placeholders can be moved around the slide like any other graphical object. To move a placeholder on the Slide Master, select it and then drag it to the location of your choice.

Placeholders have resizing handles at the corners and along the midpoints of the placeholders that allow you to determine how much space on the slide the placeholder will consume. To resize a placeholder, activate the sizing handles by clicking on the placeholder. Select the appropriate sizing handle and drag the placeholder to resize it.

As you add and subtract placeholders, keep in mind that any changes you make on the Slide Master may affect every slide in your presentation.

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