This will make resizing the image to fit your template much easier without having to worry about warping the image. Fill out your slide background.
To make the image fit your entire slide space, there are two options. You can alternatively resize your image as such:. Create a semi-transparent gradient layer. Step 1: Insert and format a rectangle.
Draw in the rectangle so that it covers your entire background image for this to work, your rectangle needs to be the same exact size as the image you want to make transparent. Remove its outline by going to the Shape Outline dropdown and selecting No Outline. Step 2: Add a gradient fill. With the rectangle still selected, make the following adjustments: Select your Rectangle and click Format Shape to open the Format Shape dialog box.
Opening the Format Shape dialog box gives you a wide variety of formatting options you can use to format your shape backgrounds for your template. Select the Gradient fill.
In the Type dropdown, select Radial. In the Gradient stops bar, select the first gradient stop, and from the fill Color dropdown, select white. Next, select the second gradient bar and drag it to the right. From the fill Color dropdown, select white.
Then, select the third gradient bar and drag it to the right. Finally, select the last gradient bar and drag it to the right. Add a slide background design element.
To do that, simply: Navigate to the Insert tab and select the Shapes dropdown. Select a Rectangle and draw it on the right-hand side of your slide.
Make sure to place it on the edge of your slide. Add and edit your guides. In PowerPoint, guides help with formatting, positioning, and slide-to-slide consistency. Notice that there are two guides: one vertical and one horizontal.
To move a guide, place your mouse over it, and when your cursor becomes a double-headed arrow, drag the guide to where you want it on your slide. We will look at adding more guides in part 2 of this series. Part 2. Setting up your template placeholders and footers.
Format the Title placeholder. Change the font size. In the Font Size dialog box, enter 40 or whatever size you want. Resize and position the placeholder. To do that, simply select the placeholder and: Use the four-headed arrow cursor to move the placeholder to where you want it on your slide.
With the placeholder still selected, drag the resizing handles the 8 little white circles in or out to resize the placeholder. Set your vertical text alignment. Next, set the vertical text alignment for your title. To do that: Select your title placeholder. From the Home tab, select the Align Text dropdown menu.
Align your guides to your title. Drag your Horizontal Guides to match the top and the bottom of your title placeholder add more guides if necessary. Drag your Vertical Guides to match the left and right-hand sides of the title placeholder add more guides if necessary. Format the Text placeholder. Resize and position the Text placeholder. To do that: Select the Text placeholder and when the cursor becomes a four-headed arrow, drag the placeholder to the top and left side so that it is aligned with the Title placeholder.
Align the guides. To do that: Drag the horizontal guides to match the top and the bottom of the Text placeholder. Similarly, drag the vertical guides to match the left and right-hand sides of the Text placeholder. Adjust and align the bullet points. Once you have set the font size, it is important to adjust the bullets. Select all the text styles in the content placeholder. In the Paragraph group, click on the Bullets and Numbering dropdown. Select the square style bullets.
To do that: Select the bulleted list you want to adjust. Click, hold, and drag the desired indent marker. Repeat this for each text level. Format your footers. The footer section of the Slide Master has 3 types of placeholders: Slide number Footer text Date and time.
Set the font size for all your footers. The first step is to change the font size of the footer placeholders. To do that: Select all your footer placeholders holding the Shift key. In the Font Size dialog box, type 10 of whatever your desired font size is and hit Enter. Resize and position the placeholders. To do that: Select each placeholder and when the cursor becomes a four-headed arrow, drag the placeholder to its desired location use the guides for assistance.
Repeat this for each placeholder. Format the slide number placeholder. To do that: Right-click on the placeholder and click on Format Shape. Select Text Options. Open the Text box tab. Type 0 for the Left margin and hit Tab or Enter on your keyboard. Format the date and time placeholder. Go up to the Insert tab. Click on Date and time so that there is a checkmark next to it. Click on the Date dropdown and select the option as required.
In this example, we are going to select December 30th, Click Apply to All to save the changes. You can see that the date and time text has changed accordingly. Format the footer text placeholder. Optional Add your logo. Resize and reposition the logo to make it fit nicely in its desired position. Alternatively, you can click on the Picture Format tab in the Ribbon and set the height to 0.
Part 3. Creating custom PowerPoint template slides. Make the slide background an existing picture on your Slide Master. Rename your custom Child Slide in your Slide Master.
Add prompt text to help the template user properly fill in each layout. Format the Title Slide layout. Hide the background graphics on a Child Slide — Method 1. To cover up your slide background with a white rectangle, simply:.
Hide the background graphics on a Child Slide — Method 2. Simply: Go to the Slide Master tab in the Ribbon. Click on Hide Background Graphics to add a checkmark next to it. Add in a new background for this layout. Then, go back to your Title slide layout and:. Add in an extra design element. Adjust the placeholders. To do that, simply select the two placeholders and: Change their Font color to white.
Adjust their position and size on the slide, keeping in mind how much room you need to leave for the text. Format and Hide Your Footer Placeholders. Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. Subway Surfers. TubeMate 3. Google Play. Navient student loan settlement. GameStop in-store PS5 restock.
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Trending from CNET. Visit Site. Premium Upgrade. Developer's Description By Sobolsoft. Under Save , click Browse to open the Save As dialog box. When you choose the "template" type, PowerPoint automatically switches the storage location to the appropriate folder, the Custom Office Templates folder. In the Save As dialog box, in the File name box, type a file name for your template, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
See Apply a template to your presentation. Create your own theme in PowerPoint. Save a slide design theme as a template. Edit, change, or delete a placeholder.
What is a slide master? What is a slide layout? Create and use your own template in Office for Mac. Important: Office is no longer supported. Upgrade to Microsoft to work anywhere from any device and continue to receive support.
Upgrade now. On the Design tab, select Page Setup , and choose the orientation and page dimensions you want. Tip: In Slide Master view, in the slide thumbnail pane, the slide master represents the larger slide image, and the associated layouts are smaller, positioned beneath it. To remove an unwanted, default placeholder from a layout , in the slide thumbnail pane, click the slide layout that contains the placeholder , click the border of the placeholder in the presentation window, and then press DELETE.
To add a text placeholder , in the slide thumbnail pane, click the slide layout that you want to contain the placeholder, and then do the following:. To add other types of placeholders that contain content such as pictures, clip art, screen shots, SmartArt graphics, charts, movies, sounds, and tables, on the Slide Master tab, in the Master Layout group, click Insert Placeholder , and then click the type of placeholder that you want to add.
To apply a theme to include color, formatting, effects, in a layout to your presentation, on the Slide Master tab, in the Edit Theme group, click Themes , and then select a theme. To change the background, on the Slide Master tab, in the Background group, click Background Styles , and then select a background.
To save your template, click the File tab , and then click Save As. In the File name box, type a file name, or do nothing to accept the suggested file name.
In the Save as type list, click PowerPoint Template. Then click My templates. In the New Presentation dialog box, select the template you saved, and click OK. If you need assistance applying your new template to a presentation, see Apply a template to your presentation.
Apply a template to your presentation. Understand the difference between PowerPoint templates and themes. To apply a new or different PowerPoint template that already exists, see Apply a template to your presentation.
When you create a template, add any content to the slide master in Slide Master view that you want to protect from being changed by users of your template, such as instructional prompt text, logos, header and footer information, subject matter content, a background, formatting, colors, fonts, and effects. Users of your template will work in Normal view, guided by the instructional prompts that you added. The template users will replace the instructional prompt text and other placeholder content with data that is specific to their own project or presentation.
In the slide thumbnail pane, the slide master represents the larger slide image, and the associated layouts are positioned beneath it.
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