PowerPoint calls its built-in color schemes Design Templates. Design
Template can only be applied to all slides of a presentation. To make
design changes in certain slides only, see section on customizing
background.
From the Format menu, choose Apply Design
Template
Clicking the various presentation options shows thumbnail views of
their designs. Click "OK" to choose one.
Like Design Templates, Masters allow you to make design decisions that
will then affect each slide or page in the presentation. There are masters
for Slides, Title Slide, Handouts and Notes.
Each Design Template has its own Slide Master that can be altered. If
you create slides from scratch, a consistent style can be added to the
presentation by formatting the Slide Master.
Select View menu < Master < Slide Master
(or another master from the list)
DO NOT TYPE TEXT on a master slide, unless you
want this text to appear in EACH slide of the presentation.
It is a good idea to set up the master before building
any slides. When you create the master first, all slides you add to
the presentation will be based on that master. If, however, you build
slides before establishing the master, some items on the slides may
not change to conform.You can override some of the
master specifications on individual slides by using the background
and text formatting features, but others,
such as master footers and logos can only be modified on the master
view.
If you wish to keep the design you created using masters for use
in future presentations, you must save it as a template.
Create or open the master slide of the design you want to save.
Select File menu < Save As...
Do NOT change the default 'Save in'
location.
On the Save as type menu, select 'Design Template'.
Give a name to your new design and click 'Save'. The next time
you select Format < Apply Design Template the
design you created will appear in the list of options. Select it
and click 'OK' to apply it to the presentation.
At this point, there are no standards for PowerPoint presentations representing
the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. However, the School of Medicine does provide a template preferred by the Dean for Penn SOM faculty to use, if they wish.
