Using Templates or Themes in PowerPoint
According to Microsoft Office, a PowerPoint template “is a pattern or blueprint of a slide or group of slides that you save as a .potx file. Templates can contain layouts, theme colors, theme fonts, theme effects, background styles, and even content.”
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Creating a Presentation in PowerPoint
Setting up a Presentation from Scratch
Step one: Open Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer. The Following Screen will be displayed.
Step Two: Choose Blank Presentation to create a presentation from scratch. The following screen will be displayed.
Step three: Setup your design for the Presentation. To do this, go to the 'Design' tab at the top of the page. Scroll through all the options and decide which template looks best for the presentation you want. To get a preview of what the design will look like before applying it to the presentation, hover over the design you want to preview. When you choose a design it will be automatically continued throughout the rest of your presentation.
As you add new slides, you can change the design for each individual slide. To do this, select the slide you want to change the design on by clicking on it in the slide panel. It will pop-up as the big slide in the screen. Then you can right-click the design you want for this slide and select 'Apply to Selected Slide'. It will appear on that slide, but will not change the design of the other slides.
Step four: Next you will need to make sure you click on the main slide which should be the first slide on the slide panel. Once it is showing on your screen you will now create the title slide. Click where it says add title and begin typing the Title of your presentation. The second box on the slide can be used to add your name, or any other subtitle that you choose.
Once you have your text in the boxes, you can change their font, size, color, etc. with the toolbar options at the top. These settings can be located under the Home tab. Highlight the words you want to change then select the font, font size, and color you want.
You can change the size of the text box by selecting it, and then dragging the corners of the box. To move the text boxes, select the box, and move your arrow over the border of the box. A four-arrow icon will appear, and clicking with this icon will allow you to move the text boxes wherever you choose.
To add more slides you have several options you can choose from. One is going to the insert tab and then clicking on New slide. This button is divided into two parts, The top will insert a new slide with a default layout. You can also click the bottom half of this button, which will allow you to choose what type of layout you want. You can also go under the home tab to new slide.
Continue adding information, slides, designs, and more until the presentation is deemed complete