From the course: Getting Started with Microsoft 365

Using design ideas

From the course: Getting Started with Microsoft 365

Using design ideas

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- [Instructor] Keeping a consistent composition throughout a PowerPoint presentation allows your audience to focus on the important ideas you're presenting without getting distracted. In this lesson I'm going to show you how Designer can help you create a consistent look throughout your presentation keeping your audience's attention on your PowerPoint's content, not its composition. So first I'll open my presentation in PowerPoint. You can follow along by downloading the sample presentation from the exercise files. In this example, I've already created a presentation that I've been asked to prepare for an upcoming interview. Now, I want to change the look of the presentation by using Designer to get started. Now that I'm in my presentation, I'll select Designer. Wow. Look at all of these different looks. I'll find a design I like and choose it. Now that I've chosen a design, I can add a new slide. I'll select the dropdown beside the New Slide icon, then I can choose the layout of the slide I want to add. I'll add a Two Content slide, giving me a layout with space for the title and two types of information. I'm going to add a new title and name this slide, Software skills, then add text in one of the content sections. By using Designer, my entire presentation will have a consistent look that will keep my audience's attention on my skills. I encourage you to explore design ideas and choose a look for your presentations that will wow your audience.

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