Section 7 - Master Slides

The slide master is an element of the design template that stores information about the template, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color schemes. In PowerPoint XP, changes made to the Title Master affect only the slides you add with the Title Auto layout. Changes made to the Slide Master affect all of the slides in a presentation. The background of the slides, design of text, and images can be adde d t o both masters.

Slide Master

Displays the slide master, where you can set the default layout and formatting for all the slides except title slides (which are controlled by the title master). For example, switch to slide master view to set the default font or to add an illustration (such as your company logo) that you want to appear on each slide. Don't ad d t ext in slide master view; switch back to normal view to ad d t ext.

• In PowerPoint XP or MAC PowerPoint 2004, click on the View menu, select Master then Slide Master .
• In PowerPoint 2007 click the View tab an d t hen click the Slide Master button, as shown on the next page.

• Make any changes in the design or alignment of the text, format the background of the slide, and insert any desired images.

Title Master

Use the title master to make changes to slides in your presentation that use a Title Slide layout. A Title Slide layout contains placeholders for a title, subtitle, and headers and footers. You could use a title layout several times in a presentation to lead off new sections, and you might want to give these slides a slightly different look than the rest of your slides — by adding art, changing a font style, changing the background color, or the like. You can change the title master and see the change on all of the title slides.

• In PowerPoint XP or MAC PowerPoint 2004 from the InsertMenu and select New Title Master .
• Make any changes in the design or alignment of the text, format the background of the slide, and insert any desired images.
• PowerPoint 2007 does not have a Title Master but it gives you more options and variations within the Slide Master. You can choose to make changes to any of the various layouts in the left pane.