Adding a Layout

Instead of a format change, as we have seen in the previous lesson, you can also add new formats to the “Master slide”.

To do this, you select the “Master slide” in the pane and click the “Insert Layout” button.

 

This adds the new slide layout at the bottom of the pane.
By default, the new slide layout already has a “Title Placeholder box” and the textboxes for the date, footer, and slide number.

By clicking on the “Title” and “Footers” boxes, you can uncheck this if you do not need them.

Click the “Insert placeholder” button in the “Ribbon” and click the “Placeholder box” that you wish to add.

Click and drag in the “Master Slide” to determine the location and dimensions of the “Placeholder box”.
You can add as many boxes as you want to add. Herefor you repeat the above actions above.

If you are ready, then click the “Close Master View” button in the “Ribbon”.

This brings us back to the “Normal” view.

If we now click on the “Layout” button under the “Home” tab, we will see that the newly created layout appears within the drop-down list.

By default, this layout is given the name, “Custom format”.

To make this name more appropriate, we return to the “Slide Master” display.
To do this, click the “View” tab and select “Slide Master”.

At the bottom of the pane, select the newly created slide layout.
Click the “Rename” button in the “Ribbon”.
In the dialog box that appears, enter an appropriate name for your layout.

Click the “Rename” button when you’re done. This closes the dialog box.
Return to “Normal” view by clicking on the “Close Master View” button.
When we now click on the “Layout” button under the “Home” tab, we see that the name of our slide layout has been changed.

Removing Classification
To delete a layout, select it in the “Slide Master” view and click the “Delete” button in the “Ribbon”.
Or, to do it a little quicker, select it in the “Slide Master” display and press the “Delete” key on your keyboard.

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