You apply a design template to give your slides their look, including the font styles they use; their background image, color scheme, logo, or other art; and their layout.

While PowerPoint comes with a collection of design templates that you can choose from for your show, you may want one that better reflects you, your organization, or a specific event.

See how to take one of these templates and change it to create the template you want. You'll start out by changing fonts and layouts, and by making certain exceptions for the title slide.

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