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master view is a special feature that
lets you edit multiple slides using only
one slide also known as the slide master
this is a great time-saving feature
because you can make changes to your
entire presentation without having to
edit each slide individually right now
I'm working on a presentation for a
small business and I'd like to add their
logo to the corner of each slide doing
this manually would not only be
time-consuming but also relatively
difficult since I want the image to be
in the exact same place every time
thankfully slide master view can help to
get started go to the View tab then
click the slide master command the slide
master view may look a little unfamiliar
but don't worry it's easy to use just
scroll to the top of the left pane here
we have the main slide master which
controls all the basics of your
presentation including colors and fonts
and below that additional slides that
control each unique slide layout to add
our logo we're going to select the main
slide master from here you can insert a
shape or picture just like you normally
would first go to the insert tab click
the pictures command then choose the
image you want when you're ready click
the insert button and the picture will
appear you can move and resize it any
way you need to depending on what fits
your design now the logo will
here on every slide in the exact same
position while we're here we're also
going to change the master font styles
so they're a better fit for the
company's brand remember any changes you
make here will affect the entire
presentation all you have to do is
select the text or text box then change
the formatting as usual we're going to
choose a new main font and also a
different one for the title let's go
ahead and close slide master view so we
can see the changes in the actual
presentation well it sort of worked but
it looks like we might have a problem
the logo is showing up on some of our
slide layouts but if we navigate to the
next one we can see that the picture is
unfortunately covering it up the logo is
also missing from the title slide but
for a completely different reason
luckily we can fix both of these issues
back in slide master view remember the
layout slides beneath the main slide
master each of these represents one of
the possible layouts we can use in this
presentation the first one is the title
slide layout hovering over it we can see
it's currently being used by slide 1 if
we select it any changes we make will be
applied to the title slide only so why
is the logo missing from this slide well
in some layouts PowerPoint automatically
hides any background graphics as part of
the design to show the graphics all we
have to do is uncheck the box that says
hide background graphics however this
can introduce other graphics that you
may not want so in this case I'm going
to recheck the box now let's fix the
slide with the overlapping image
sometimes it can be difficult just
telling these layouts apart but if we
mouse over the picture with caption
thumbnail we can see that several of our
slides are using it so this is the one
we want I really like having the logo in
the bottom right corner but I also like
the extra large image as a reminder this
is what the actual slide looks like
if we just swapped the picture in the
text that would solve the problem pretty
quickly let's go through the process one
step at a time changing a layout in
slide master view is a great way to make
it work better for your content all you
have to do is select a placeholder then
you can move or resize it any way you
want
we're going to select the title and
caption text and this little black bar
then drag and drop them over to the
right next I think I like this cream
color in the background it makes the
text much easier to read so instead of
moving it over I'm just going to delete
the dark gray shape that used to serve
as the background
finally all we have to do is select the
picture placeholder then drag it over to
the left and I think that should do it
let's exit slide master view so we can
see how these changes look now the logo
can be seen in the correct position in
the bottom right corner and we didn't
have to sacrifice the large image
this gives the presentation a nice
professional feel as we move from slide
to slide there's one more thing you can
do with slide master view that can
really come in handy you can create your
own custom slide layouts if say the
theme you're using doesn't have
something you want in this example I'd
like to create a layout that has a large
picture at the top with the text
position below let's go back to slide
master view so I can show you how it
works to create your own custom layout
click the insert layout command on the
slide master tab you'll be given a
mostly blank slide with some
placeholders and maybe even some
background graphics depending on the
theme now you can move or edit these any
way you want you can even delete them
it's completely up to you in this case
I'm just going to change the text
alignment and then move the box to the
bottom right to make room for more
content all you have to do is add an
appropriate placeholder we know we want
a picture to be part of this layout so
we're going to go all the way up to
insert placeholder and then choose the
picture option from the menu notice the
cursor turns into a little crosshair
that means we need to draw the
placeholder just click and drag wherever
you want it to go I want mine to be
pretty big so I'm going to be covering
most of the slide okay now we have our
own custom layout that we can apply to
any slide in the presentation to make it
easier to identify I'm going to go back
to the slide master tab click the rename
command and then give it a simple easy
to remember name to use your new layout
all you have to do is go back to your
actual presentation go ahead and click
the layout command then choose your new
design from the menu there I think that
came out pretty good we can do the exact
same thing for the other product slide
once you've gotten everything set up
just right you may want to use these
layouts again in other presentations to
do this you'll actually need to save the
design as a theme first navigate to the
design tab then click the drop down
arrow in the themes group next click the
option that says save current theme and
give your theme a name when you're ready
click the Save button and that's all it
takes now you can select this theme
anytime you want to reuse it slide
master view gives you an amazing amount
of control over your presentation keep
it in mind the next time you want to
customize your layouts or add branding
to your slides