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Using the Slide Master and the Title Master

About the slide master

Article The slide master is an element of the design template that stores information about the template, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions...

About the title master

Article Use the title master to make changes to slides in your presentation that use a Title Slide layout . The Title Slide layout is available in the Slide...

Allow or prevent multiple masters in a presentation

Article Show All Hide All On the Tools menu, click Options , and then click the Edit tab. Under Disable new features , do one of the following: To allow multiple...

Applying a design template with multiple masters

Article When you apply a design template that includes multiple slide masters , you get a message asking if you want all the masters in this template to be available...

Delete a slide master or title master

Article When you delete a slide master , the title master is automatically deleted with it. On the View menu, point to Master , and then click Slide Master...

Duplicate a slide master

Article On the View menu, point to Master , and then click Slide Master . In the thumbnails on the left, select the slide master you want to duplicate. On...

Edit a slide master

Article Show All Hide All To make a change that will affect multiple slides, change the slide master (slide master: The main slide that stores information about...

Fix it: The Insert New Title Master button is unavailable

Article If Insert New Title Master on the Slide Master View toolbar appears dimmed, it is because there is already a title ma ster for your presentation. Usually...

Insert a slide master or title master

Article On the View menu, point to Master , and then click Slide Master . Do any of the following: To insert a slide master that uses the default styles...

Prevent a slide master from being deleted

Article In some cases, Microsoft PowerPoint automatically deletes a slide master when all the slides that follow that master are deleted, or when another design...

Reaching the limit of masters in a presentation

Article Each time you apply a new design template , a slide master and title master for that template are added to your presentation. Depending on the following...

Replace or add slide masters

Article Show All Hide All On the View menu, point to Master , and then click Slide Master . On the Formatting toolbar, click Design . If you want to replace selected...

Troubleshoot slide masters

Article I want to add something to my title slides, but when I go to master view, I don't see a title master. To insert the title master: On the View menu, point...

The picture I added to the master doesn't show on some slides

Article Show All Hide All Symptoms When you add a picture to your slide master, you may find that the picture doesn't show up on some of your slides. Resolution...