Design+Layouts



In PowerPoint the design layout tab allows you to change the design layout of one or more of your slides in your presentation (Red Arrow). You can scroll though these design layouts with the arrows just to the right of the layouts (Orange Arrow). These design layouts come with already set font's, effect's, and colors. To change the color, font, of effect of you layout you can use the menu also to the right of the layout's (Blue Arrow). In this you can change the color scheme of the layout, the effects, and the font's used.



If you do not want to use an already designed layout you can design your own background. To do this you right click on the slide and choose "Format Background". A window will pop up with two options fill, or picture. In fill you can change the color, texture, and transparency of your background. In picture you can choose a picture, and edit the brightness and contrast of the picture. You can apply your design to one or all of your slides.

More ways to enhance your powerpoint presentation: PowerPoint 2007 helps people create high-impact presentations faster than ever. With lots of themes, templates, and custom layouts you can easily create dynamic presentations, flash cards, multiplication tables, certificates, and more.

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 * SmartArt** diagrams and graphics tools turn simple text and shapes into high-impact graphics and illustrations.
 * Custom layouts** tool helps you create, save, and share your own unique slide layouts.
 * Document themes** make it easy to format your entire presentation with just one click.
 * Live Preview** lets you see changes before you make them, saving you lots of time.

Microsoft Powerpoint has many templates, designs, and effects that can enhance and give your powerpoint a professional look.
 * **Create presentations quickly and easily by re-using custom layouts.** In Office PowerPoint 2007, you can define and save your own custom slide layouts, so you no longer have to waste valuable time cutting and pasting your layouts onto new slides or deleting content on a slide with the layout you want. With PowerPoint Slide Libraries, it is easy to share these custom slides with others so that your presentations have a consistent and professional look and feel.
 * **Apply a consistent look and feel in one click.** Document Themes help you change the look and feel of your entire presentation with just one click. Changing the theme of your presentation not only changes the background color but the colors of diagrams, tables, charts, and fonts, and even the style of any bullet points within a presentation. By applying a theme, you can be confident that your entire presentation has a professional and consistent look and feel.
 * **Dramatically modify shapes, text, and graphics with new tools and effects.** You can now manipulate and work with your text, tables, charts, and other presentation elements in much richer ways than ever before. Office PowerPoint 2007 makes these tools readily available through the streamlined user interface and contextual menus, so that in just a few clicks, your work can have greater impact.

-Info 273 Patrick Butler