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When creating slides, people often resort to using pre-made templates. However, there are occasions when you want to showcase your individuality by crafting unique templates for your presentations. This article provides guidance on creating personalized templates in PowerPoint.
Utilize the Slide Master feature to create a unified template for your presentations.
Here's how you can do it:
Step 1: Open PowerPoint, create a new file by selecting Blank Presentation.
Step 2: Go to the View tab -> Slide Master.
UNIVERSAL FORMATTING FOR SLIDES
Note: To apply universal formatting to the initial slides, you need to select the first slide in Slide Master.
Step 3: Apply universal formatting to all slides in the presentation.
After selecting the shared Template display, choose the first Slide to apply universal formatting to all Slides.
- Setting Backgrounds for Slides: Select the Slide Master tab -> Background -> Background Styles -> if you want to use a preset background color -> choose a suitable color, or if you want to create a background image from an existing file, select Format Background.
Step 4: A window appears -> scroll down and select File.
Step 5: Select the image file you want to use as a background -> click Insert.
After selecting the image file, all Slides will have the same background settings:
You can customize font style, font size for all Slides, ensuring uniform settings for Slides in the Template by clicking on the first Slide.
For example, you can adjust the transparency of the background image in the Slides within the Template by changing the value in the Transparency section.
Creating Cover Page in the Template
- The second Slide in the Slide Master serves as the cover page of the presentation or simply the first Slide displayed.
- Why create a cover page? To establish differentiation, clearly distinguishing between the cover page and content.
Within the cover page, you need to make the following changes:
- Create distinctive background: Backgrounds should remain consistent across all Slides, but varying shades can be used for differentiation.
- Change font style, font type: On the cover page, opt for larger font size compared to other Slides and consider using a different font style.
Step 1: Click on Slide 2 within Slide Master, go to the Home tab -> change font style, increase font size in the Font section.
Step 2: Utilize the Format Background feature to adjust the transparency of Slide 2 to create distinction from other Slides by setting the value to 0.
After formatting the Slide Master, the distinction between the cover page and other slides is evident.
SAVING THE CREATED SLIDE MASTER
After formatting the Slide Master, save it so you can use it whenever needed without reformatting.
Go to the File tab -> Save.
A dialog box appears -> choose the file location and give it a memorable name -> click Save:
USING THE CREATED TEMPLATE
Step 1: After you have created and saved the Template, to use it, simply go to the Design tab -> click Browse for Themes.
Step 2: A dialog box appears -> select the path to the created template -> click Apply.
You've successfully applied the newly created template without any modifications; all slides in the presentation share the same formatting except for the title slide:
Depending on your field, you can choose suitable images to create a template. With this, you can create your own template. Best of luck to all of you!
