Windows PowerPoint 97/2000: Formatting & Design Introduction In our PowerPoint 97/2000: Introduction document, we discussed different ways of creating PowerPoint presentations, starting with a template, a design template or a blank presentation.  We made slides with different layouts and various text and non-text objects, but all of them essentially had the same overall design.  In this handout, we'll make slides that look different from the default design and also make our own design template. We'll custom design slides, format text, draw visuals and graphic objects, and add slide show animation.  We will be working primarily in Slide View (or PowerPoint 2000’s Normal View). Working with Masters Every major component of a PowerPoint presentation (slides, handouts, title pages, and notes pages) follows the format of a Master.  The formatting depends on the presentation’s underlying design template.  In other words, every slide that we add to our presentation will have a uniform color and background, as well as the same font and bullet styles for text placeholders. All of these elements are based on the Slide Master (or the Title Master for title slides).  To look at any of the slide master options, select Masters from the View menu. From there you will have the following four options: · Slide Master—lets you add anything or change anything seen on a slide.  You’ll learn how to change each of these facets throughout the rest of this document. · Title Master—lets you to set up the title slide with dates, footers, numbers, fonts, etc. · Handout Master—lets you choose an outline, or how many slides per page will print out onto handouts. · Notes Master—lets you set up the notes pages view for both slide view and print outs. It is important to note that not every slide has to follow the Slide Master.  In this handout, you'll learn how to make formatting changes to individual slides.  You'll also use the same techniques to make formatting changes to the Slide Master, which consequently changes the format of all the slides in your presentation.  For example, you may want to change the color or the text and bullet styles, or you may want to add a background item such as a logo or graphic.  When you make formatting changes on a slide, the change will be reflected only on that slide; when you make the changes on the Slide Master, the format will be applied to all the slides in the presentation. Slide Color Scheme Each design template, including the Blank Presentation, follows a standard color scheme, which consists of a set of eight colors used for the slide background, text, lines, shadows, fills, and accents.  You can select another standard color scheme or you can create your own custom color scheme and then apply it to some slides or to all your slides. From the Format menu select Slide Color Scheme.  The Color Scheme dialog box appears.  Click on the Standard tab to view the available color schemes.  If you want to apply a different color scheme, select it.  Click Preview to see how it looks on the current slide.  Click Apply to use this color scheme on the current slide or click Apply to All to change the color scheme of the Slide Master, which will change all the slides in the presentation.