Slide Master

Working with the Slide Master

There are two masters for every presentation - a slide master and a title master. The slide master controls the formatting on all slides. If you apply a new design template, modify the color or size of slide titles, or change the background color on the slide master, all slides reflect the change. If you add a graphic to the slide master, it appears on every slide. Likewise, if you modify the layout of the title master, the slides you've designated as title slides also change.

Edit the slide master of a presentation to change the font and add an image to the background:

1. Load the Microsoft PowerPoint program
2. Click on Open an Existing Presentation
3. Open the file on disk called www.ppt
4. Take a moment to scroll through the presentation
5. On the View menu, click Master. Select Slide Master
6. Your screen should look like this:
   
   
   
7. Click in the Master Title Area
8. On the Format menu, click Font
9. Select Arial, Bold, Shadow and click OK
10. On the Insert menu, click picture\Clip Art
11. Select an image and click Insert
12. Drag the picture to the lower left-hand corner of the slide
13. On the View menu, click slide. Scroll through the presentation again to view changes.

If a slide master object interferes with text or images on your slides, you can omit the slide master background on a particular slide. On the format menu, click Background. Select the optionomit background graphics from master.