1. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Customizing Slides Microsoft Office 2010 Advanced Cable / Morrison 1

2. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Objectives Customize a color scheme and the slide background. Customize text and text box shapes. Customize slide masters. Create a new layout master. 222

3. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Objectives (continued) Insert a new slide master. Create a new design template. Create a custom show with an agenda slide. Use sections to organize slides. 333

4. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Vocabulary agenda slide color scheme gradient fill 444

5. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template Customizing the Color Scheme 5 Each built-in PowerPoint theme has associated color schemes that are accessible in the Theme Colors gallery. A color scheme is a set of 12 coordinated colors. Theme Colors gallery

6. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Customizing the Slide Background Options for customizing the slide background: – A new solid color – A gradient fill A gradient fill is composed of two or more colors that gradually blend from one color to another. – Using a picture (clip art or photo) – Applying a texture or pattern 6

7. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Texture Styles gallery 7

8. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Customizing Text You can: – Add text to placeholders – Create a WordArt object – Enter text in shapes – Create a text box You can apply formatting options to the text. 8

9. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Customizing Text Box Shapes 9 Format Shape dialog box Customizing Text Box Shapes You can customize the backgrounds of text boxes. Formatting text boxes is the same as formatting shapes.

10. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Working with Multiple Slide Objects 10 You can layer the objects on a slide. The Selection Pane is useful for working with layered objects. You can choose to hide one or more objects. Selection Pane

11. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Customizing the Slide Master and Layout Masters 11 Each slide master has several associated layout masters. – You can customize the slide master and the layout masters in many ways. Slide thumbnails pane

12. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Creating a New Layout Master You can add a new layout master to create a custom slide layout. To create the new slide layout: – Insert a new layout master – Insert placeholders on it You can apply the new layout to new slides as well as to existing slides. 12

13. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Inserting a New Slide Master Each theme has its own set of unique slide layouts. For more complexity and flexibility, you can add additional slide masters. – Enables you to access more design templates with more backgrounds, colors, and effects 13

14. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Customizing the Handout and Note Masters On each handout master, you can add custom information to the header and footer placeholders. You can customize the notes master in a number of ways. 14

15. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Modifying an Existing Design Template (continued) Print options 15

16. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Creating a New Design Template A custom design template can be used to give a uniform appearance to presentations. You can save the revised design template using a new template name. You can save your template with your own files or in the Templates folder. 16

17. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Creating a Custom Show with an Agenda Slide A custom show is a presentation within a presentation. To create a custom show, you identify a group of related slides within a presentation. An agenda slide provides an outline of topics for the presentation. Agenda slides are especially useful for presentations with custom shows. 17

18. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Creating a Custom Show with an Agenda Slide (continued) Define Custom Show dialog box 18

19. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Using Sections to Organize Slides To organize the slides in a presentation, you can separate the slides into different sections. You can view sections in both Slide Sorter view and Normal view. You can collapse one or more sections. 19

20. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Using Sections to Organize Slides (continued) New section added in Slide Sorter view 20

21. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Summary In this lesson, you learned: Changing the color scheme is a quick way to give slides a fresh new look. To fine-tune the look of a presentation, you can change individual colors in the color scheme and you can save the custom scheme in the Theme Colors gallery. 21

22. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Summary (continued) You have many options for changing the background of a slide. You can change the color, create a gradient of one or more colors, add a texture, or use a pattern. You can also use graphics to create backgrounds. There are several features available for modifying the appearance and flow of text within a text box. You can also add backgrounds, outlines, and special effects to text boxes. 22

23. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Summary (continued) Slide masters and layout masters control the placement of text and other items on a slide, as well as color, font, style, and size of text. When you modify a slide master, the new formats are applied to all slides based on the master. 23

24. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Summary (continued) Masters also provide placeholders specifically designed for headers and footers, slide numbers, and dates. To customize your presentation, resize and reposition these placeholders and/or change the text formats. You can add additional layout masters to a presentation, and you can customize the layout and placeholder formats on the layout master. 24

25. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Summary (continued) More than one slide master can be added to a presentation, giving you access to a wider range of design templates. After modifying the slide designs and layouts, you can save the customized settings as a new design template and make the template available for future use. 25

26. PowerPoint Lesson 8 Cable / MorrisonMicrosoft Office 2010 Advanced Summary (continued) Custom shows are like presentations within presentations. Gathering slides into a custom show allows you to control groups of slides during a presentation. Slides can be organized in sections, making it easier to navigate the slides—especially when a presentation consists of a large number of slides. 26