We show you how to create and format your own slide master in our article 'How-To: Create and Customize PowerPoint Master Slide'. You will see that the date and page number can also be edited at this point. In the Save as type list, click PowerPoint Template, then click Save. To open the slide master, click on the View tab on the ribbon and then on the Slide Master button in the Master Views group. To set the page orientation for all of the slides in your presentation, on the Slide Master tab, click Slide Orientation, then click either Portrait or Landscape. Make the text, color, and alignment changes you want. To remove any built-in slide layouts that accompany the default slide master, in the slide thumbnail pane, right-click each slide layout that you want to delete, then click Delete Layout.
In Slide Master View, the slide master appears at the top of the thumbnail pane with related layouts beneath it.Ĭlick to select the master slide, then click Master Layout on the Slide Master tab. A slide master is the top slide in a hierarchy of slides that stores information about the theme and slide layouts of a presentation, including the background, color, fonts, effects, placeholder sizes, and positioning. In Microsoft PowerPoint, the Slide Master is the top slide that controls all information about the theme, layout, background, color, fonts, and positioning of all slides.
