PowerPoint - Customize the slide master Tutorial

In this video, you will learn how to customize the slide master in PowerPoint.
The video covers the steps to customize the background design, color scheme, font colors, list bullets, and text spacing on the slide master.
This will help you create a personalized and professional look for your slides.

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This video aims to guide users through the process of customizing the Slide Master in PowerPoint, enabling them to create a cohesive design for their presentations. It covers selecting themes, applying background designs, adjusting color schemes, and modifying text placeholders to enhance visual appeal.

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Introduction to Slide Master Customization
Customizing the Slide Master is essential for creating a consistent design across all slides in a PowerPoint presentation. This video demonstrates how to effectively set up the Slide Master before adding any content, ensuring that design changes are uniformly applied.
Accessing the Slide Master
To access the Slide Master, navigate to the 'View' tab and select 'Slide Master.' This opens a view where you can see the master slide and its associated layouts. The Slide Master tab provides tools for editing the master and layouts, allowing you to make global changes.
Customizing the Background
Begin customizing the Slide Master by selecting it. To change the background, go to 'Background Styles' on the Slide Master tab and choose 'Format Background.' Select 'Picture or texture fill,' then click 'File' to choose a picture for the background. This change will apply to all slides using the master.
Choosing a Color Scheme
Next, select a color scheme that complements your background. Click on 'Colors' to view available combinations. The Office theme colors are currently applied, but you can choose a new scheme that matches your background image. Apply the new color scheme to the title text by selecting the title placeholder and adjusting the font color.
Adjusting Body Text Color
To enhance readability, change the body text color. Select the body text placeholder, click 'Font color,' and choose a complementary color, such as dark green. This adjustment will apply to all body text in the layouts.
Customizing Bullets
To personalize the bullet points in your presentation, select the body text placeholder and access the 'Bullets' menu. Choose 'Bullets and Numbering,' then select 'Picture' to browse for an image to use as bullets. For example, a small bird of paradise flower can be used to replace standard bullet points.
Adjusting Placeholder Size and Text Spacing
To refine the layout further, adjust the width of the body text placeholder. Right-click the placeholder, select 'Format Shape,' and modify the width under 'Size and Properties.' Additionally, increase the text margins for better spacing around the text. Use the 'Align' commands to center the placeholder on the slide.
Naming the Customized Master
Once all design changes are made, it’s important to name your customized master for easy identification. Right-click the master and select 'Rename Master,' giving it a name like 'Fabrikam Theme.'
Previewing Changes
To see how the changes look, switch to 'Normal' view. You will observe the new background, adjusted font colors, centered body text, and the customized picture bullets applied across your slides.

FAQ :

What is the purpose of the Slide Master in PowerPoint?

The Slide Master allows users to make universal design changes that apply to all slides in a presentation, ensuring consistency in layout, colors, and fonts.

How can I customize the background of my slides?

To customize the background, open the Slide Master view, select the master slide, and use the 'Format Background' option to choose a picture or color fill.

Can I change the font color for all slides at once?

Yes, by changing the font color in the Slide Master, all slides that use that master will automatically update to reflect the new font color.

What are placeholders and how do I use them?

Placeholders are designated areas on a slide for adding content. You can click on a placeholder to enter text or insert images, and you can format them as needed.

How do I add custom bullets to my lists?

To add custom bullets, select the body text placeholder, go to the Bullets menu, and choose 'Picture' to upload an image that will serve as the bullet point.

What is the benefit of using a color scheme?

Using a color scheme helps create a visually appealing and cohesive presentation by ensuring that colors are consistent across all slides.

Quelques cas d'usages :

Corporate Presentation Design

A marketing team can use the Slide Master to create a consistent look for their corporate presentations, ensuring that all slides reflect the company's branding and color scheme.

Educational Slide Decks

Teachers can customize the Slide Master to create engaging educational materials, using specific color schemes and bullet styles to enhance readability and visual appeal.

Event Planning Proposals

Event planners can utilize the Slide Master to design proposals that showcase their event themes, using custom backgrounds and bullet points to highlight key details.

Sales Pitch Presentations

Sales teams can apply the Slide Master to ensure that their pitch presentations are visually consistent, using tailored layouts and color schemes to impress potential clients.

Project Updates for Stakeholders

Project managers can create a Slide Master for project update presentations, allowing them to quickly generate reports that maintain a professional and uniform appearance.

Glossaire :

Slide Master

A Slide Master is a special slide in PowerPoint that controls the overall design and layout of the slides in a presentation. Changes made to the Slide Master affect all slides that are linked to it.

Layout

Layouts are predefined arrangements of placeholders for text, images, and other content on a slide. Each layout can be customized to fit the needs of the presentation.

Placeholder

A placeholder is a designated area on a slide where content such as text, images, or charts can be added. Placeholders can be resized and formatted.

Color Scheme

A color scheme is a set of colors that are used consistently throughout a presentation to create a cohesive look. It typically includes colors for backgrounds, text, and accents.

Bullets

Bullets are graphical symbols used to introduce items in a list. In PowerPoint, users can customize bullet points with different shapes or images.

Text Box

A text box is a container for text in PowerPoint. Users can adjust the size, margins, and alignment of text within a text box.

Align Command

The Align command in PowerPoint is used to position objects on a slide relative to each other or to the slide itself, ensuring a neat and organized layout.

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it's really ideal to customize the slide master

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and get all your design changes in place before you add any slide content.

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You can start with any of the PowerPoint themes,

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but I like the Office theme because it has the least amount of

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design already applied.

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That's what PowerPoint uses for a blank presentation.

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Let's open the slide master.

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To get there, click the View tab, Slide master;

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here's the slide master, this bigger thumbnail at the top.

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And these are the layouts that go with the master.

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A feature of this view is the Slide master tab.

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It supports all your editing of the slide master and layouts.

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On the slide master thumbnail, a tip tells you the name of the master -

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here it's the Office themed slide master

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- and which slides are using it.

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Since this is the only master in the presentation, all the slides are using it.

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On each layout, you get a similar tip,

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the name of the layout which tells you its type

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and whether any slides are using it.

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To customize the slide master, first make sure it's selected.

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The changes I make to it I want to apply to every slide.

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I'll start with a background design:

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Background styles on the Slide master tab, Format background -

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there's a picture I want to use as a fill, so I click Picture or texture fill

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and then File and select the picture file.

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The background gets applied to the master and all the layouts.

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Now let's find a color scheme that complements the background.

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Clicking Colors shows all the possible combinations.

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The Office theme colors are currently applied.

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Looking for a set that goes with the pale green background image;

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how about this group called Orange?

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I'll use this new color scheme for the slide text starting with titles.

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On the slide master, I'll select the title placeholder

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and click the Home tab then Font color

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which shows the colors of the new scheme.

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How about one of these dark oranges?

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That one change applies to every heading in the master layouts.

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Now let's change the body text color.

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On the slide master, I select that placeholder,

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click Font color and choose a complementary color, Dark green,

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that applies to any body text in the layouts.

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So we've got a custom background and font colors.

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How about using art for the list bullets?

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To do that select the body text placeholder and click the Bullets menu.

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There click Bullets and Numbering at the bottom

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then Picture and browse for a picture file.

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I'll zoom way in so you can see the image.

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It's a little bird of paradise flower;

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that's what all the bullets will now look like.

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For the last design change on the master,

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we'll adjust the width of the body text placeholder and the text spacing in it.

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A placeholder is a shape, so I'll right click it and

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click Format shape,

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then under Shape options, I'll click Size and Properties and then click Size.

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On the width box, let's reduce the width by a couple of inches.

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We can center it on the slide in a minute.

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To change text spacing, click Text Box.

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I want a little more space around the text,

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so I'll bump up the margins for it in the placeholder.

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To center the placeholder even more, let's use the Align commands

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and click Align center -

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the body text is now more centered on the slide which I like

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given the wide screen slide format.

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These changes affect the layouts with body text placeholders

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such as title and content and the two column layouts.

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It's time to give our customized master its own name,

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so right clicking it, we'll choose Rename master and call it Fabrikam Theme.

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Let's see how these changes look on our slides;

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I'll click Normal to open normal view.

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There's the background, the two font colors are applied to title and body text,

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the body text is more centered

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and there are the picture bullets.

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