PowerPoint XP
Creating a Slide Master
Creating a Slide Master
If you have a Slide Master, you don't have to format every single slide in a presentation with the same basic design and text.
To Create a Slide Master:
- Start a new presentation or open an existing one.
- Click on View Master Slide Master.
- A slide with placeholders appears.
- Click on Format Background.
- A dialog box appears.
- Choose a background color. For more colors, click on More Colors.
- Select the text in the Master title style placeholder.
- Click on the down-pointing arrow next to the font in the Formatting toolbar.
OR
- Choose Format Font and choose a font, font color and font style.