See Also

Insert a picture or clip art

Reduce the file size of a picture

Change the brightness, contrast, or transparency of a picture

Add a table to a slide

Overview of layouts

Add a placeholder to a layout

Align or arrange a picture, shape, text box, or WordArt

Get visual with SmartArt graphics

Up to speed with PowerPoint 2007

Personalize your slide design

Tips

• To quickly go to Slide Master view from Normal view, press SHIFT while clicking the Normal button on the status bar at the bottom of the window in Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007.

  To quickly go to Normal view from Slide Master view, click the Normal button on the status bar at the bottom of the PowerPoint window.

  

• If you want to make only a minor customization to a layout, such as removing a placeholder, modify an existing layout, and then rename it.

  To rename a layout, in Slide Master view, right-click it, and then click Rename Layout on the shortcut menu. Enter the new name in the Layout name box in the Rename Layout dialog box.

  You can also duplicate the layout that you want to modify before changing it so that you have a copy of the original. To duplicate a layout, in Slide Master view, right-click the layout, and then click Duplicate Layout on the shortcut menu.

• If your company doesn't have a logo, you can put a shape, such as an oval or a star, on the slide master and then insert a picture or piece of clip art into the shape to quickly create a logo.
• If you want something, such as text or a picture, to appear on all of your slides in the same location, add it to the slide master.
• If you are including copies of your slides along with other documents, such as a letter, you can change the orientation of your slide from landscape to portrait so your readers don't have to rotate the handout to read your sides.

  To change the orientation of a slide, in Slide Master view, on the Slide Master tab, in the Page Setup group, click Slide Orientation, and then click Portrait or Landscape.

• Rearranging placeholders is a good way make some placeholders more visible. For example, you might want to move the date footer up into a more visible place if you are creating a time-sensitive presentation. To move a placeholder, click its border, and when the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow , drag the placeholder to a new position.
• You can add an effect, such as a shadow or glow, to a picture. Select the picture, and then, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, and then click the effect that you want to add.
• You can change the picture frame. Select the picture, and then, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click the frame that you want, or click the More button to see more frame styles.
• There are five templates with coordinating layouts that you can use or examine for layout ideas. To see these templates, click the Microsoft Office Button, click New, and then, in the New Presentation gallery under Templates, click Installed Templates.
• You can download additional templates from Microsoft Office Online. Click the Microsoft Office Button, click New, and then, in the New Presentation gallery, click a category under Microsoft Office Online or click Featured to see the latest and greatest.

Slide Master View

Open Slide Master View

• On the View tab, in the Presentations View group, click Slide Master.

Close Slide Master View

• On the View tab, in the Close group, click Close Master View.

Layouts and placeholders

Duplicate a layout

• In Slide Master view, right-click the layout that you want to duplicate, and then click Duplicate Layout.

Rename a layout

1. In Slide Master view, right-click the layout that you want to rename, and then click Rename Layout.
2. In the Layout name box in the Rename Layout dialog box, enter the name that you want.

Apply a layout to a slide

1. Click the slide that you want to apply the layout to.
2. On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click the layout that you want.

Resize a placeholder

• To resize a placeholder, click its border, and then point to a sizing handle on a corner or side. When the pointer becomes a two-headed arrow , drag the handle.

Move a placeholder

• To move a placeholder, click its border, and when the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow , drag the placeholder to a new position.

Align a placeholder

• Click the placeholders that you want to align to select them, and then, under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, point to Align, and then click the option that you want.

Delete a placeholder

• Select the placeholder, and then press DELETE.

Pictures and clip art

Add a picture

1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Picture.
2. Double-click the picture that you want to insert.

   To add multiple pictures, press and hold CTRL while you click the pictures that you want to insert, and then click Insert.

Tip    In Normal view, you can also use the Picture icon in a placeholder on a slide to insert a picture. Just click the icon, and the Insert Picture dialog box opens.

When you use an icon in the placeholder to insert an object, such as a picture, the object is inserted into that placeholder. When you insert a picture by using the Insert tab, PowerPoint guesses on the picture's placement, putting it in an available placeholder or in the placeholder you have selected. If there are no available placeholders, PowerPoint inserts the picture in the middle of the slide.

Add clip art

1. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Clip Art.
2. In the Clip Art task pane, in the Search for text box, type a word or phrase that describes the clip art that you want.
3. To narrow your search, do one or both of the following:
   • To limit the search results to a specific collection of clip art, in the Search in list, select the check box next to each collection that you want to search.
   • To limit the search results to clip art, in the Results should be list, select the Clip Art check box. You can also select the check boxes next to Photographs, Movies, and Sounds to search those media types.
4. Click Go.
5. In the list of results, click the clip art to insert it.

Tip    You can also use the Clip Art icon in a placeholder on a slide to insert clip art. Just click the icon, and the Clip Art task pane opens.

When you use an icon in the placeholder to insert an object, such as clip art, the object is inserted into that placeholder. When you insert clip art by using the Insert tab, PowerPoint guesses on the clip art's placement, putting it in an available placeholder or in the placeholder you have selected. If there are no available placeholders, PowerPoint inserts the clip art in the middle of the slide.

Change the picture frame

• Select the picture, and then, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click the frame you want, or click the More button to see more frame styles.

Add an effect to a picture

• Select the picture, and then, under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, and then click the effect that you want to add.

Templates

Save a presentation as a template

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Save As, and then click Other Formats.
2. In the File name box, type a file name.
3. In the Save as type list, click PowerPoint Template (*.potx), and then click Save.

   Save the presentation to the default location for templates so your template appears under My Templates in the New Presentation gallery.

Use a template to create a new presentation

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click New.
2. In the New Presentation gallery, do one of the following:
   • To use a built-in template, under Templates, click Installed Templates, click the built-in template that you want, and then click Create.
   • To use a template in another presentation, under Templates, click New from existing, locate and click the other presentation file that contains the template, and then click Create New.
   • To use a custom template that you created, under Templates, click My templates, select the custom template, and then click OK.
   • To download and use a template from Microsoft Office Online, under Microsoft Office Online, click a template category, select a template, and then click Download.