Special Edition Using Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2002

Creating Your Own Design Template

Sometimes none of the existing design templates offers exactly what you're looking for. In that case, you can either modify an existing template or create one of your own. The following are 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 (choose Color Schemes from the Slide Design task pane).

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

• Add 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 ...