Working with the Master View

Working with the Master View

The Master View stores information such as themes, layouts, background graphics, and colors for a given presentation. The view contains the Master slide and all its associated layouts. The Master slide is the first in the hierarchy of decks within the Master View and acts as the main control center for all the styles and effects you apply in the slide decks.
 
A layout contains placeholders in the slide for:
  1. Title
  2. Subtitle
  3. Text
  4. Header
  5. Footer
  6. Date
  7. Slide number (which you can replace with your own text)
  8. Shapes
  9. Media files (images, videos, and audio files)
  1. Add, resize, or remove placeholders from the Master or individual slide layouts to modify the existing design and revamp the presentation. 

  2. Choose a layout for a new slide, change the existing layout, or even create your own layout to facilitate reuse. The edits made to the layout in Master view will reflect on the slides following it. 
     
  3. Make uniform changes without editing each slide separately using the Master slide in the Master View. This helps you apply changes to all the slides in one go, thus saving your time and bringing consistency to the presentation.

  4. Add header and footer placeholders in the Master slide or in individual slide layouts to include slide number, footer message, and date. You can position the placeholders anywhere within the slide. 

  5. Rearrange, resize, align, or rotate placeholders in the Master or individual layouts using the Arrange panel. This helps you to re-order the distorted objects in slides. When you adjust objects in the Master View, all the slides that follow the layout will have the text, pictures, images, or shapes rearranged, moved, and resized.

  6. Add a background to the Master or individual layouts to reflect the style on slides in the presentation. For example, add a picture that suits your subject as the background in the Master. The fill will uniformly apply throughout the slide decks. 

  7. Uniformly apply text format properties such as font, color, size, and style to objects in every slide using the Master. You can also customize objects on individual slide layouts. The effects will appear on the decks following that layout

  8. Additionally, you can customize, duplicate, rename, delete, and organize layouts in the Master View. 

Create new or custom slide layouts

Customize your personal layouts using editing options such as font styles, background graphics, and placeholders, based on your requirements. Custom slides give you the freedom to add, move, resize, and edit them to give your decks a new look. Changes you make in the layouts will appear on the slides that follow it in the presentation.
  1. Select the FORMAT section, then click Edit Master Slide at the bottom of the right panel. This will open the Master View.
  2. Select the desired slide layout, and click + Layout at the top-left corner. A custom layout will appear below the chosen layout in the left panel. 
  3. You can also right-click the slide, then select Insert Layout to add a new layout in the Master View.

    The Master View stores information such as themes, layouts, background graphics, and colors for a given presentation. The view contains the Master slide and all its associated layouts. The Master slide is the first in the hierarchy of decks within the Master View and acts as the main control center for all the styles and effects you apply in the slide decks.
     
    A layout contains placeholders in the slide for:
    1. Title
    2. Subtitle
    3. Text
    4. Header
    5. Footer
    6. Date
    7. Slide number (which you can replace with your own text)
    8. Shapes
    9. Media files (images, videos, and audio files)
    1. Add, resize, or remove placeholders from the Master or individual slide layouts to modify the existing design and revamp the presentation. 

    2. Choose a layout for a new slide, change the existing layout, or even create your own layout to facilitate reuse. The edits made to the layout in Master view will reflect on the slides following it. 
       
    3. Make uniform changes without editing each slide separately using the Master slide in the Master View. This helps you apply changes to all the slides in one go, thus saving your time and bringing consistency to the presentation.

    4. Add header and footer placeholders in the Master slide or in individual slide layouts to include slide number, footer message, and date. You can position the placeholders anywhere within the slide. 

    5. Rearrange, resize, align, or rotate placeholders in the Master or individual layouts using the Arrange panel. This helps you to re-order the distorted objects in slides. When you adjust objects in the Master View, all the slides that follow the layout will have the text, pictures, images, or shapes rearranged, moved, and resized.

    6. Add a background to the Master or individual layouts to reflect the style on slides in the presentation. For example, add a picture that suits your subject as the background in the Master. The fill will uniformly apply throughout the slide decks. 

    7. Uniformly apply text format properties such as font, color, size, and style to objects in every slide using the Master. You can also customize objects on individual slide layouts. The effects will appear on the decks following that layout

    8. Additionally, you can customize, duplicate, rename, delete, and organize layouts in the Master View. 

    Create new or custom slide layouts

    Customize your personal layouts using editing options such as font styles, background graphics, and placeholders, based on your requirements. Custom slides give you the freedom to add, move, resize, and edit them to give your decks a new look. Changes you make in the layouts will appear on the slides that follow it in the presentation.
    1. Select the FORMAT section, then click Edit Master Slide at the bottom of the right panel. This will open the Master View.
    2. Select the desired slide layout, and click + Layout at the top-left corner. A custom layout will appear below the chosen layout in the left panel. 
    3. You can also right-click the slide, then select Insert Layout to add a new layout in the Master View.



    4. You can start adding and editing placeholders, applying background color, and formatting objects in the newly created layout. 

    Manage slide layouts

    You can modify an existing layout and reuse it in your presentation. Instead of creating a layout from scratch, simply duplicate and rename an existing slide layout to save time. Show also enables you to delete unwanted or unused slide layouts within the Master View. Any slides that are currently following this layout in your presentation will be highlighted in the thumbnail panel at the left of the screen.
    1. Select the FORMAT section, then click Edit Master Slide at the bottom of the right panel. This will open the Master View.
    2. Right-click the desired slide layout to cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete, or lock the layout. 



  4. You can start adding and editing placeholders, applying background color, and formatting objects in the newly created layout. 

Manage slide layouts

You can modify an existing layout and reuse it in your presentation. Instead of creating a layout from scratch, simply duplicate and rename an existing slide layout to save time. Show also enables you to delete unwanted or unused slide layouts within the Master View. Any slides that are currently following this layout in your presentation will be highlighted in the thumbnail panel at the left of the screen.
  1. Select the FORMAT section, then click Edit Master Slide at the bottom of the right panel. This will open the Master View.
  2. Right-click the desired slide layout to cut, copy, paste, duplicate, delete, or lock the layout. 

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