{"id":2129,"date":"2019-08-22T16:35:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2020-07-13T20:56:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T20:56:35","slug":"create-a-custom-powerpoint-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/2019\/08\/22\/create-a-custom-powerpoint-template\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Custom PowerPoint Template"},"content":{"rendered":"

Making a PPT Template in Slide Master mode allows you to make a customized template that anyone can plug and chug their information into without having to worry about styling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Enter Slide Master view under the \u201cView\u201d tab in Powerpoint.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    You will see a list of template slide versions. You can delete extra slide layouts at the end (right click > Delete) or add more (Insert Layout at the top). My template only had three types of slides, so I deleted the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    \n<\/span>The content on this very first slide will appear on every single slide. Because each of my slide types had different formatting from the others, I deleted everything on this first Master slide and left it completely blank. If each of your slides has the same title, background, etc then this slide will come in handy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Set up the background by right clicking anywhere on a slide and selecting \u201cFormat Background\u2026\u201d. When the sidebar appears, insert background PNGs by selecting \u201cPicture or texture fill\u201d and choosing your background image file.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Formatting elements you want the user to edit later<\/b> – select \u201cInsert Placeholder\u201d on the top bar. Placeholders act as preformatted elements (font, color, placement) that the user can edit later. Placeholders can be textboxes, images, tables, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        I typed \u201cSECTION HEADER\u201d and \u201cSubtitle\u201d in these placeholders so the professor knows what information belongs where.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. Formatting elements you don\u2019t want the user to edit – <\/b>You can make these in Slide Master mode too. To do so, create any elements under \u201cHome\u201d or \u201cInsert\u201d tabs as you normally would. I didn\u2019t want the professor to worry about the formatting on the cover slide, so I created the text in regular text boxes, not placeholders.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. If needed, rename each slide appropriately. It will help the user when creating their own deck.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            1. Exit Slide Master mode.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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              1. Test your template! Each of your slides should be available under \u201cNew Slide\u201d and properly formatted\/editable now\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
              2. Save as a .POTX file! This is the template file<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                Making a PPT Template in Slide Master mode allows you to make a customized template that anyone can plug and chug their information into without having to worry about styling.\u00a0 Enter Slide Master view under the \u201cView\u201d tab in Powerpoint.\u00a0 … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":705,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34412],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3806,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2129\/revisions\/3806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}