Work More Efficiently While Creating More Attractive Slidedecks

Layouts and the Slide Master

Use and modify Slide Layouts to more efficiently format slides in your .pptx slidedecks

Specifics

00:57 Introduction to Slide Layouts
02:25 Editing the Slide Master (and Layouts)
03:36 Simple Default Text Format Changes in the Slide Master
04:51 Adding a “Permanent” Graphic to Slides via the Slide Master
08:07 Change the Default Fonts for Your Slidedeck
09:25 Modifying Layouts and their Placeholders

Using and Modifying Themes

Use Themes to establish matching colors, fonts, backgrounds, and visual style across your slides and slidedecks (.pptx files.)

Specifics

00:56 Themes Basics
02:08 Resize Your Slides
02:26 Basic Theme Variants
03:32 Edit Theme Elements
03:52 Change Theme Background
05:11 Change Default Color Set
06:58 Change Default Font Set
07:55 Save a Theme for Use in Other SlideDecks

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Creating and Using Templates

Save time by using Templates to create multiple slidedecks with your pre-installed custom formatting and content.

Specifics

00:34 Using a Custom Template
01:02 Creating a Template
02:54 Pin a Template to Easily Find and Use It
04:03 Modify an Existing Template

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Use Animations to Help Your Audience Focus and Follow

Simple Fade In/Out Animations

Having things appear and disappear on a slide is a simple way to support your presentation, and your students' focus, during a lecture. Used in various combinations, animations can highlight individual points, steps in a process, or events in a story, in ways better than a static, crowded diagram or bulleted text.