Learn how to use the slide master in PowerPoint. Modify and use a slide master to make universal style changes to all the slides in your presentation.

On the View tab, select Slide Master. When you open Slide Master view, a slide master is shown in the thumbnail pane with the default, associated layouts below it.

On the View tab, click Slide Master. In the thumbnail pane that contains the slide masters and layouts, pick the layout that has closest arrangement of placeholders to how you want your slide to look.

Master views The master views include Slide, Handout, and Notes view. They're the main slides that store information about the presentation, including background, theme colors, theme fonts, theme …

Try it! Adding a graphic as a watermark behind the text of your slides is a great way to display a logo or other meaningful image. PowerPoint lets you adjust the picture's transparency after you put it on the …

From the Normal view, make note of the total number of slides from the left of the status tray, or scroll to the last slide in the left pane. On the View tab, select Slide Master in the Master Views group, and …

If you're used to creating the groundwork of your presentations in Slide Master View in the PowerPoint desktop application, you've probably noticed that PowerPoint for the web doesn't have a slide master.

By editing the slide master for your presentation in PowerPoint 2016 for Mac, you can change the footer formatting (such as font style, size, and color) on all of your slides at one time.

On the View tab, click Slide Master. In the Slide Master view, in the thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide layout or layouts that you want to add a picture background to.

In slide master view, you can add placeholders to a new slide layout, or change the look of an existing slide layout. On the View menu, select Slide Master, in the Master Views group.