Using Masters

PowerPoint 97- Intermediate

What Are Slide Masters?

• Four PowerPoint masters:– Slide Master

– Title Master

– Handout Master

– Notes Master

• Masters contain formatting information• Items on the master appear on

all slides– No need to apply the master formatting

to every slide in your presentation

• Changes to text on individual slides are retained

The Slide Master

• Contains formatted placeholders for title, text and background items

• To open, select Master from the View menu, and select Slide Master

Shortcut Tip to open the Slide Master, click on the Slide View icon whilst holding down the SHIFT key

Master title (Title Area for AutoLayouts)

Master text (Object Area for AutoLayouts)

Adding a Footer, Date and Numbering Information

• Click on the View/Header and Footer command

Manipulating Slide Masters

• You can:

– Make a slide different from the Slide Master

• By making changes to an individual slide

– Reapply the Slide Master formats to a slide

• Select the slide that you want to reapply the Slide Master formatting to

• Select Slide Layout from the Format menu to display the Slide Layout dialog box

• Select Reapply

Any Questions?