PowerPoint XP

Introduction

By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:

• Apply a slide design template
• Choose a color scheme

Applying a Design Template

PowerPoint offers Design Templates to make it easy to create an attractive presentation. These templates come in a variety of colors and styles. You can apply a design to existing slides or begin a new presentation with a template.

To Begin a New Presentation with a Design Template:

• Open PowerPoint.
• In the Task Pane under New, click on From Design Template.

• A list of templates appears.
• Move your mouse pointer through the different designs or use the scroll bar.
• Click on the down-pointing arrow in the gray box next to the template that you like.
• Choose Apply to All Slides.

Adding a Design to an Existing Presentation

Do you have an existing presentation that you want to add a design to? PowerPoint makes it easy to enhance existing slides with a design template.

To Apply a Design to an Existing Presentation:

• Open PowerPoint.
• In the Task Pane, under Open a presentation, click on the presentation you want.
• Click on the down-pointing arrow in the New Presentation pane and choose Slide Design - Design Templates.
• A list of templates appears.

• Move your mouse pointer through the different designs or use the scroll bar.
• Click on the down-pointing arrow in the gray box next to the template that you like.
• Choose Apply to All Slides.

Applying a Design Template to Selected Slides

As you are working on your presentation, you can choose Apply to Selected Slides if you want one or more slides to have a different look.

A Closer View of Design Templates

If you want a closer look at the Design Templates, follow these steps:

• With a presentation open, click on a template.
• Click on the down-pointing arrow in the gray bar to the left.
• Choose Show Large Previews. (It is now checked).

• To return to the smaller views of the slides, click in the gray bar of any template and uncheck Show Large Previews.

Choosing a Color Scheme

PowerPoint's Design Templates have pre-selected colors but you can choose your own color scheme. A color scheme is a combination of colors for the text and background of your slides.

To Choose a Different Color Scheme:

• In the Task Pane, click on the down-pointing arrow in the gray bar next to New Presentation.
• Choose Slide Design - Color Schemes.

• A list of color schemes appears.
• Move your arrow pointer through the different color scheme options or use the scroll bar.
• When you find a color scheme that you like, click on the down-pointing arrow in the gray box and choose Apply to All Slides.

Challenge!

• Open the presentation, Learning to Use PowerPoint, which you created earlier in this course.
• Apply a Design Template to your slides.
• View the various Color Schemes and apply a different color scheme to your slides.
• Close and save your presentation.