Office for iPad and Mac For Dummies

Chapter 15

Fashioning a Look for Your Presentation

In This Chapter

Introducing themes and background styles

Selecting and tweaking slide themes

Creating a solid color, gradient, clip-art, picture, and texture slide background

Selecting a theme or background for specific slides

Redesigning your presentation with master slides

Attaching headers and footers to slides

What your presentation looks like — which theme and background style you select for the slides in your presentation — sets the tone. From the very first slide, the audience judges your presentation on its appearance. When you create a look for your presentation, what you’re really doing is declaring what you want to communicate to your audience.

This chapter explains how to fashion a look for your presentation. It describes how to handle slide backgrounds and what to consider when you select colors and designs for backgrounds. ...