Templates

Basics	Text	Graphics	Sound	Presentation Effects

Documents	Adding Text	Insert Pictures	Sound Effects	Transitions
Templates	Formatting Text	Recolor Clip Art	Importing Sound	Animated Bullets
Slides	Bullets	Clip Gallery	Recording Sound	Custom Animation
The Interface	Spell Checking	Shapes and Lines		Hyperlinks
Slide Master		Backgrounds		Slideshows
Print Layouts		Charts		Publish on the Web
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3	Practice 4	Practice 5


		What is a design template?		A design template is a shell of a slide show presentation. You can choose one of a large assortment of templates, each with their own pre-defined background graphics, text style, and bullet style. A template helps you quickly design a professional-looking presentation without being a graphic designer.
		How do I select a template?		When creating a new document, if you select the Design Template option (as described in Lesson 1) and click OK, the following screen will appear to the right:

				Displayed is the list of templates you can choose from. If you click once on any template in the list, your main slide then becomes that particular style. Go ahead and click once on some of the templates to get an idea of how they will look on the main slide. After you become proficient at PowerPoint, you can even create your own slideshow templates! After browsing through the template previews, select a template you like. Now you have chosen a specific template from which to make your slides.
		How do I use a template?		At this point, PowerPoint will automatically create the first slide in your presentation for you. Next you want to select the slide layout you want, in regards to headings and bullets. Click on the drop down arrow on the right of the screen that appears next to the words Slide Design and select Slide Layout:

				Each template comes with a series of different slide layouts. The different layouts have the same overall look and feel, but allow you to choose the appropriate slide format for the information you need to present. Each slide can have a different layout, and yet the overall presentation has a sense of unity. The types of slide layouts you can choose from include: Title and Subtitle Bulleted List 2-Column Text Table Text and Chart Organization Chart Text and Clip Art to name a few. What the choices will look like is self-explanatory from the thumbnail pictures in the dialog box. Click on the upper-left-hand slide layout (the Title Slide), then click OK. Your first slide will now appear.