Learn how to add new placeholders within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2016 for Windows. With new placeholders, you can make your layouts more powerful and customized.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2016 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 and higher
In PowerPoint, a placeholder is a container that you can use to fill in with some content. When you launch PowerPoint, you will see distinctive
boxes that invite you to add some content. Haven't you noticed the "Click to add title" suggestions? All these boxes are
placeholders. When selected, these boxes have a dotted border around them, as shown in Figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Part of a new slide showing placeholders with dotted borders
All of PowerPoint's built-in Slide Layouts except the Blank layout contain placeholders. PowerPoint provides several placeholders that can contain various types of content such as text, tables, charts, pictures, clip art, SmartArt diagrams, or media clips. For example, if you add a new slide based on the Title and Content layout, you'll find two placeholders: one for the slide title and the other for any single content type (see Figure 1, shown previously on this page). Each of the default layouts comprises a collection of various placeholders. If none of the available layouts work for you, you can create your own layout with custom placeholders in PowerPoint 2016, as explained in the following steps:
Note: The new layouts you create are saved as part of the presentation, and are not available in any other presentations you create.Other than adding placeholders to your new Slide Layouts, you can also change their slide backgrounds.
Additionally, you can rename Slide Layouts as explained in our Duplicate, Rename, and Edit Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2016 tutorial.
See Also:
Slide Master and Slide Layouts: Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint (Index Page)
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