Placeholder – the empty boxes within a layout.This is useful if you repeat a type of slide (e.g. Some presentations may contain multiple slide masters. Changes made in this master propogate to the lower layouts. Slide Master – the largest top-most item.The two sets of slide masters have similar Layout options, but different default colors and fonts. Note: This button is labeled Close Master View on Windows and Close Master on the Mac.īelow are examples of slide masters – the one on the left is from a professional presentation on accessibility and the one on the right is from a presentation about embroidery.
The templates with place holders will include instructions “Click to edit Master …” inside those placeholder. The view changes to show a series of nested slides on the left and the slide master template being used on the current slide. Note: The instructions below apply only to the Desktop version of PowerPoint.Īll PowerPoint files have slide master templates.
