You learned about the blank presentation option in the previous lesson. You can easily add text to a blank presentation by working with dotted boxes called placeholders .
Placeholders identify where the text will appear in a slide. There are also placeholders for objects such as clip art and charts.
Design templates in PowerPoint are slides with the background and colorful designs already formatted. Simply add the text and layout to the slide. Once you select a template, every slide in your presentation will have the same look.
It's a good idea to start with a design template and then create your presentation. If you have already created a blank presentation, you can easily apply a design template to that presentation. Open your presentation, choose Format Apply Design Template , choose a design, and click Apply . All of the slides will have the same design.
After you have created a presentation, you'll need to know how to open it.
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