Apply a slide background

1. Go to Slides pane at the left, select the slide to apply a background and click the FORMAT mode.
   
    
   
2. Choose Slide tab from the pane, click Fill dropdown and choose the type of background fill you want to apply.
   
   
   
   There are four types of background fills: Solid, Gradient, Picture & Pattern Fill. Follow Layout uses the fill color, pattern, or pattern style of the previous slide on the Slides pane. 
   Choosing a Solid Fill applies a single color uniformly within the whole slide.
   Choosing a Gradient Fill applies a continuous blend of two or more different colors. Choose the color of gradient you want to apply from the top band and further select a lighter or darker shade of it in the gallery. 
   Choosing a Picture Fill applies a picture as a slide fill. Choose a tile pattern from this gallery or add your own picture as a background using the Image section on the top bar. 
   Choosing a Pattern Fill applies a pattern as a slide fill. Choose a pattern from this gallery and customize the foreground and background shades. 
   
   
3. The chosen fill will be applied as the slide background. You can click Apply to All to apply the same fill to all slides.This background style will also apply to the master slide. There are even more options to format the background style in the master slide.
   
   
   

Apply a slide layout

1. Go to Slides pane at the left and choose the slide you want to apply a new layout. You can also choose your slide layout by clicking the layout SLIDE button at the upper left corner while adding a new slide into presentation.
   
   
2. Do one of the following to apply a layout:
   Right click on the slide, and choose Change Layout from the list of menu's.
   Go to FORMAT mode at the right, select Slide option and choose Change Layout.
   Else, right-click on the empty area of the slide and choose Change Layout from the menu.
   
   
   
   
3. Choose your desired layout from the slide layout gallery. Note that all the additional slides you add in your presentation follows the same layout. 
   
   
   
   
   The layout will be applied to the slide. 
   
   
   

Change slide's aspect ratio

1. Go to the FORMAT mode in the right pane, select Themes tab and navigate to Slide Setup within the pane. By default, all the slides in your presentations will open in Widescreen mode.
   
   
   
   
2. From the pane, click the slide orientation dropdown to choose one of the following:
   
   Landscape provides a horizontal view of the slide. By default, all the slides in your presentation will take the landscape orientation, which is better suited for computer screens and projectors.
   Portrait provides a vertical view of the slide. This provides more free vertical space for the slide area and is better suited for taking printouts.
   
   
   
   
3. Now, click the aspect ratio dropdown to set the desired slide ratio from the following:
   
   Choose 4:3 Standard if you are creating content for a printed document and not planning to show it on a screen. The standard slide ratio of 4:3 is becoming less popular because the slide will not fill the screen while shown on a projector and the content will seem stretched in this format.
   Choose 16:9/16:10 Widescreen if you are creating highly visual content that you want to display on a wide screen or a projector. The widescreen ratios of 16:9 and 16:10 are considered an industry standard for presentations as they work for most boardroom projectors, LCD screens, etc. However, if you are planning to go mobile, then widescreen may not be best option.  
   
   
   

Add speaker notes

1. Select the slide to add a note to in the Slides pane at the left and click the Notes  in the bottom bar. The Slide Notes box will open below the slide, where you can type the key point for your current slide.
   
   
   

A slide with a speaker note will be indicated with a blue-dotted note  and can be seen while you Broadcast a presentation and while using the Presenter View. You can add and view the Notes pane in all three Slide Views (Normal, Master, and Slide Sorter view). 

Add slide footer 

1. Choose the FORMAT mode in the right pane and select Slide option within the pane. 
   
   
   
   
2. Navigate to Slide Footer and choose any of the following footer options from the right pane:
   
   Enable the Show Slide Number checkbox to make the slide number visible on the slide. Slide numbers help for quick and easy reference.
   
   
   
   Enable the Footer Message checkbox and type in the required footer text you want to display on the slide. For example, you may want to display the presentation's title or author, in case you want to print the presentation out.
   
   
   
   Enable the Date check box to make the date appear on your slide. Adding a date to the slide can be useful for handouts and other printed documents. You can choose to have the date and time Update Automatically, or you can set them to be Fixed using the options below: 
   
   Select Update Automatically from the dropdown menu to automatically update the slide with the current date. Choose your preferred date and time format from the list.
   Select Fixed from the dropdown menu to manually enter a fixed date of your choice in the text box. By default, this selects the current date.  
   
   
   
   
3. Choose Apply to All option to apply the footer elements to all the slide.  The selected footer element will be applied to your slide(s). 
   

Organize slides

Cut, copy, and paste a slide

1. Go to Slides pane at the left and select the slide you want to copy as follows:
   
   To select a single slide, click on the slide.
   To select multiple sequential slides, click the first slide, hold Shift key, and click the last slide that you want. This will select all of the slides between the first one you select and the last.
   To select multiple non-sequential slides, hold Ctrl key while clicking each slide that you want to select. 
   
   
2. Cut or copy the chosen slide(s) using one of the following methods:
   
   Right-click on the slide you want to use and choose Cut or Copy from the menu.
   Click the Cut icon  or the Copy icon  in the Toolbar.
   Right-click on an empty area of the slide and choose Cut or Copy from the menu.
   
   
   
   Depending on whether you have cut or copied a slide, you will receive a pop-up message either saying "Slide Cut" or "Slide Copy" on top of the slide area.
   
   
3. Paste the selected slides in the desired location using one of the following methods:
   
   Right-click the slide you wish your selected slides to appear after and choose Paste from the menu.
   Select the slide after which you want to paste the slide and click the Paste icon  on the Toolbar.
   Right-click on empty area of the slide and choose Paste from the menu.
   
   
   

Reorder or rearrange slides

1. Go to Slides pane at the left, select the slide you want to move, drag it to its new position within the pane. You can also select multiple slides to move at once using the following methods:
   
   To select multiple sequential slides, click the first slide, hold Shift key, and click the last slide that you want. This will select all of the slides between the first one you select and the last. 
   To select multiple non-sequential slides, hold Ctrl key while clicking each slide that you want to select.       

Duplicate a slide

1. Go to Slides pane at the left, right-click the slide you want to duplicate and choose Duplicate Slide from the menu. Alternatively, right-click on an empty spot of the slide you want to duplicate and choose Duplicate Slide from the menu.
   
   
   

Delete a Slide

1. Go to Slides pane at the left, right-click the slide you want to delete and choose Delete Slide from the menu. Alternatively, select the slide you wish to delete and press Delete on your keyboard.