How To Create A PowerPoint Template: Make Your Own Slide Background (1 of 3)

Watch over my shoulder and learn how to create a PowerPoint template from scratch – starting with your slide master and creating your own slide backgrounds. #PowerPoint #Templates

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Introduction
1:41 Set your PowerPoint fonts
2:02 Set the slide background and design elements
3:20 PowerPoint layouts you don't want to delete
4:24 Parent slide description and how it affects your slides
5:11 Format the parent slide background
5:42 Crop to fit a background picture
7:56 Create a transparent background
10:15 Adding a background design element
10:59 How to add and edit your grid lines

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For a step-by-step walkthrough of removing an image background (w/ pictures), see my blog post below. nutsandboltsspeedtraining.com/powerpoint-tutori…

READ my step-by-step guide for creating a PowerPoint template (if you prefer):
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This is the first of three parts to this PowerPoint training series on templates. To continue learning more about how to make your own PowerPoint templates, see the other two parts of this series below:

► PowerPoint Templates Part #2: Setting up your PowerPoint Placeholders youtu.be/Rs--ueJIF7c

► PowerPoint Templates Part #3: How To Design Your Slides
youtu.be/Kv9jnnmGXBs

In this first PowerPoint template tutorial (part 1 of 3), you'll learn how to get started building your own professional PowerPoint templates. On top of that, you'll learn a number of mistakes to avoid to ensure your PowerPoint template actually works.

Discover how to create your own PowerPoint slide background, how to generate a slide layout with grid lines and build the overall framework for your own corporate template that anyone can easily use. On top of that you'll also learn:

- How to use and navigate the PowerPoint slide master (and how the parent and child slides work together)
- How to use the different paste special options
- How to add a pattern background to your slide
- How to crop images to fit your entire slide background
- How to add a radial gradient fill to a shape with transparency
- How to add new guides and move them around on your Slide Master
- And more!