Change Slide Layout in PowerPoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows

Follow these steps to Change Slide layout in Powerpoint 2003 and 2002 for Windows:

1. Go to your Windows Start menu and choose All Programs | Microsoft | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 or type the command from run dialog box by choosing Windows Start menu | Run and type powerpnt and click OK button.
2. Doing so opens PowerPoint interface with one slide opened, as shown in Figure1, below, with default Slide Layout (Title Slide).
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   Figure 1: The PowerPoint Interface
3. Right-click on the slide and choose Slide Layout in the resultant contextual menu, as shown in Figure 2, below.
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   Figure 2: Slide layout
4. Doing so displays Slide Layout task pane, as shown in Figure 3, below. Select the slide and choose any layout as required. Some of the slide layouts are Blank, Content, Title Content, etc.
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   Figure 3: Slide Layout
5. The changed layout can be seen in slide area, as shown in Figure 4, below. The Title Slide layout has been changed to Blank layout.
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   Figure 4: Layout changed

So, why would you want to change the Slide Layout? That’s because some layouts are more appropriate for the content of your slide. We already explored some examples for choosing slide layouts earlier on this page.