Click the slide to which you want to apply a new design. |
From the Task pane, select Other Task Panes, and then click Slide Design. |
The Slide Design Task pane appears. Click the scroll arrows to scroll through the list of available designs. |
INTRODUCTIONAs you learned in Part 2, you can use design templates to add color and backgrounds to your presentation. A design template is simply a preformatted color scheme, font style, and background for a presentation. You can use the Slide Design pane to try out other design templates. |
TIPSelecting Multiple Slides To select multiple slides in the Slides tab, press and hold the Ctrl key while clicking on each slide you want to select. |
TIPTask Pane Help To learn more about working with the Task pane, see Part 1. |
To control how a design is applied, move the mouse pointer over the design to display a drop-down arrow, then click the arrow. |
Click Apply to Selected Slides to apply the design to the current slide, or click Apply to All Slides to apply the design to all the slides. |
PowerPoint applies the new design. In this example, the design is applied only to the selected slide. |
TIPShowing Large Previews You can zoom your view of the slide designs listed in the Slide Design pane. Move the mouse pointer over the design and click the drop-down arrow. Click Show Large Previews from the menu. |
CAUTIONIt's not a good idea to mix too many designs in a presentation. Viewing different slide backgrounds may be jarring to the presentation audience. The rule of thumb is to stick with a single design template throughout the presentation. |
TIPFinding More Designs Scroll to the bottom of the Slide Design pane and click the Additional Design Templates option. PowerPoint prompts you to insert the CD-ROM you used to install the program, and then installs additional design templates. |