Customizing the Slide Design

When you select a design template, PowerPoint applies predefined design elements such as font style and size, background color, and bullet shape and color to each slide show.

To Customize the Slide Design:

• Select FormatSlide Design from the main menu. The Slide Design pane will appear.
• Click the design template you like. By default, PowerPoint will apply this design to all the slides in the slide show; however, you can right-click the arrow beside each template to modify the default setting.
• Click the Color Schemes link.
• Select the color scheme you like. By default, PowerPoint will apply this design to all the slides in the slide show; however, you can right-click the arrow beside each template to modify the default setting.
• Click the Edit Color Schemes link to modify specific elements of the color scheme.
  

• Select the element you would like to modify in the Scheme colors section.
• Click Change Color.
• Select the color you like on either the Custom or Standard dialog box tab.
• Click OK.
• Repeat the previous four steps until you have changed all the elements you wish.
• Click Apply.

• Open a new, blank presentation.
• Insert three slides of any layout design.
• Apply any slide design template.
• Apply a new color scheme to the design template.
• Modify the background color.
• Modify the accent color.
• Close the presentation without saving the file.

Compressing Pictures

PowerPoint files can be large and take up a lot of disc space if the presentation contains a lot of images. This can be a problem when you transmit the file by email or save it on a USB drive. To reduce the file size, you can compress the pictures. Compression is the reduction in file size in order to save space or transmission time.

To Compress Pictures:

• Right-click the picture.
• Select Format Picture from the menu. The Format Picture Dialog box will appear.
• Select the Picture tab.
• Click the Compress button. The Compress Pictures dialog box will appear.
• Select Selected pictures or All pictures in document in the Apply to section.
  • If you choose Selected pictures, PowerPoint will compress only the pictures you select.
  • If you choose All pictures in document, PowerPoint will compress all the pictures in the presentation.
• Choose a resolution based on how you will use your presentation: Print, Web/Screen, or No Change.

• Select Compress Pictures and Delete cropped areas of pictures.
• Click OK.
• Click Apply.

• Open a new, blank presentation.
• Insert at least three pictures into your presentation.
• Compress all the pictures.
• Close the presentation without saving the file.