Learn how to use the slide master in PowerPoint. Modify and use a slide master to make universal style changes to all the slides in your presentation.

Click a location in the slide thumbnail pane where you want the new slide master to appear. On the Slide Master tab, select Insert Slide Master. Note: In the slide thumbnail pane, the slide …

Reuse a slide master from another presentation by copying and pasting it into your presentation.

When you want to use multiple themes in one presentation, you'll want to add more slide masters to represent those themes.

On the View tab, click Slide Master. In the thumbnail pane that contains the slide masters and layouts, pick the layout that has closest arrangement of placeholders to how you want your …

If you're used to creating the groundwork of your presentations in Slide Master View in the PowerPoint desktop application, you've probably noticed that PowerPoint for the web doesn't …

On the View tab, click Slide Master. In the Slide Master view, in the thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide layout or layouts that you want to add a picture background to.

In PowerPoint you can add or remove automatic slide numbers, hide numbering on the title slide, and move slide numbers. You can also add the date and time to slides.

If you add slides later, you’ll need to manually change the total on the slide master. If you want to see how the numbering looks on your slides, view your presentation in Normal view.

You can use the Handout Master tab to edit the appearance of presentation handouts, including the layout, headers and footers, and background. Changes made to the handout master …