Slide design

Slide design should not be set separately for each slide but globaly for the whole presentation. This can be done by configuring the theme in the slide master view: View > Master Views > Slide Master.

On the left, we can select a type of the slide to edit, while on the right, we edit the style for that style type. On the left, the top slide, larger than the others is the master slide. It represents the default design for the whole theme.

Shareing the theme

The theme can be exported in the slide master view by clicking: Edit theme > Save current theme.

The theme can be imported in the slide master view by clicking: Edit theme > Browse for themes.

Edit the master slide

The master slide is the default design for the whole theme. We cannot add any content to it (it makes no sense, as this would be added to all slides.) However, we can set up some properties of predefined basic elements here:

  • Title: The title of the slide.
  • Text: The text for different levels of indentation
  • Date
  • Slide number: page numbering.
  • Footer Note that the configuration here applies to all slides. Therefore, if we want to have for example date only on the first slide, we should not configure the date here, but on the first slide itself.

To select which of the elements should be configured for all slides, click on Master Layout -> Master Layout and select the elements to be configured.

Edit the layout slide

Object design

Sometimes, it is usefull to copy the design of an object. To do so:

  1. select the object
  2. Go to Home and click on the Format Painter button.
  3. Click on the object to which the design should be copied.

If we want multiple objects to have the same design, we use the same procedure, but double-click on the Format Painter button.

Symbols

  • arrow: write ==> and press space.

Tables

Tables are treated specially in PowerPoint. They can be created using the Insert > Table menu. To edit the table style, we have to select it and go to the special Table Design tab. To edit the table layaut, add rows or columns, we have to select the table and go to the Layout tab.

Insert table from csv

Unfortunately, csv text cannot be pasted directly into a PowerPoint table. However, there is a workaround:

  1. Copy the csv text into Excel.
  2. Select the cells in Excel and copy them.
  3. Paste in the powerpoint slide.

This way a new table is created.

Text formatting

Bullets and numbering

There is a limitation in PowerPoint that the bullets and numbering have only one level, no indentation is possible. The exception is the placeholder text, which can have multiple levels.

Subscript and superscript

First, select the text to adjust, then:

  • subscript: Ctrl + =
  • superscript: Ctrl + Shift + +