Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2000

Creating Your Own Design Template

Sometimes none of the existing design templates offers exactly what you're looking for. In this case, you can either modify an existing template or create one of your own. Some ideas of things you might want to do to customize, or add, to a blank slide:

• Change the master title or text style to a different font (View, Master, Slide Master).

• Change the background color (Format, Background).

• Change the slide color scheme (Format, Slide Color Scheme).

• Change the bullet styles (Format, Bullets and Numbering).

• Add additional objects such as a logo, picture, or WordArt image.

To save a customized design template for future use, follow these steps:

1. Choose File, Save As to open the Save As dialog box (see Figure 6.10).

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