Learn about Slide Master view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows. This is the view that lets you access the Slide Master in PowerPoint, and make edits to Slide Masters and Slide Layouts.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
OS: Windows XP and higher
The Slide Master view in PowerPoint 2010 provides you with access to the Slide Master, any edits you make in this view influence all slides in the presentation. For example, if you need to show a company logo on all slides, you will make these edits in the Slide Master, or if you want the font size of your slide titles to be a little larger or smaller, then those edits also need to be made in the Slide Master. Having said that, this page is not a tutorial on how you can make changes in the Slide Master but just a brief overview of how you can access the Slide Master view, and what the interface in this view looks like, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Slide Master view in PowerPoint 2010
Figure 1 above shows how a typical Slide Master looks like. Here are some guidelines on working in this view:
To access the Slide Master view, you can choose either of these options:
Once you are in Slide Master view, you can edit the actual Slide Master(s) and its Slide Layouts. Here are links to some Slide Master tutorials that will help you understand this concept better:
To go back to Normal view from Slide Master view, choose any of these options:
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