How To Create A PowerPoint Template: Custom Slide Templates (3 of 3)

Learn how to create a PowerPoint template, nailing down your custom slides and slide templates so that everyone can fill in your template correctly. #PowerPointTemplates #PowerPoint #Training

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Formatting your title slide layout
1:52 How to hide background graphics on your slide
3:23 Adding a design element to your title slide
4:26 Removing footers from your title slide
5:26 Formatting your title and content placeholder
7:07 Formatting your other child slide layouts (Custom Slides)
9:48 Making your slide background not editable
10:07 Setting your paragraph spacing
10:20 Setting animations and transitions
10:50 Stress-testing your template before you send it out
11:07 A closer look at your blank layout
11:35 Adjusting your prompt text

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In this third PowerPoint template tutorial series (part 3 of 3), you'll learn how to edit the Child Slide Master Layouts to create your own custom slides and slide templates that everyone can use.

This involves formatting the individual slide layouts to fit the needs of each type of slide you’ll be including in your presentation; as well as how to add custom layouts to your template for frequently used slide types, such as team bios, agendas, case studies, etc. You’ll also get some design ideas for creating title slides and main content slides.

The child slides in your slide master are the key to designing your own custom slides so that everyone can quickly fill them in when using your template.

Along the way, you’ll also learn:
- How to remove background graphics on the Slide Master so that they’re hidden on a child layout
- How to make the slide background an existing picture you your Slide Master
- Why you can’t edit the guides on a child layout
- How to draw in a perfectly straight line in PowerPoint, using the Shift key
- Why you want to keep your Parent Slide Master as bare as possible
- How to add new custom child layouts to your Slide Master
- How to rename your custom child layouts in your Slide Master
- Best practices for creating custom PowerPoint templates from scratch
- How to add prompt text to help the template user properly fill in each layout

This is the third of three parts to this PPT template training series. To learn more about how to make a professional PowerPoint template, see the other two parts of this series below:

► PPT Template Design #1: youtu.be/oXCjOhlOROw
► PPT Template Design #2: youtu.be/Rs--ueJIF7c