Microsoft PowerPoint – Changing the Slide Layout

Change Slide Layout 

If you’re having trouble finding a standard slide layout that matches your slide content, you can easily change an existing layout to match what you need. 

Changing the slide layout: 

1. On the View tab, click Slide Master. 

2. 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 slide to look. 

Note: Slide Master is always the top thumbnail, and the slide layouts are beneath it.

Tip: If you don't like any of the layouts, pick the Blank Layout and start over by adding placeholders to contain text, pictures, videos, etc.

3. To change an existing layout, do one or more of the following:  

· To add a placeholder, on the Slide Master tab, click Insert Placeholder, and then select a placeholder type from the list. Click a location on the layout, and then drag to draw the placeholder. 

· Resize, reposition, or delete a placeholder. 

4. To rename the layout, in the thumbnail list of layouts, right-click the layout that you customized, and then click Rename Layout. 

5. In the Rename Layout dialog box, type a new name that describes the layout you’ve just created, and then click Rename. 

6. On the Slide Master tab, click Close Master View.