You probably know that PowerPoint offers a rich assortment of predesigned templates guaranteed to enhance your presentation. But your options don't stop there. Your vision for your presentation may be so specific that no one else's design could possibly capture it, or you may just feel like experimenting to see what sort of look you can come up with. PowerPoint lets you indulge your imagination by building a design template from the ground up.

With just a few clicks you can alter the color scheme, font style, and other features of one of the existing design templates — or you can step off the beaten path entirely and create a slide design all your own, even using a favorite photo as a background. Watch the demo to see how it's done.

How to do it (text version):

• Apply a design template
• Create a design template
• Save a presentation as a template
• Add a background image with a washed out (transparent) look

Training course:

• Create your own template

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