Slide Master and Slide Layouts: Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint

Created: Thursday, March 29, 2018, posted by Geetesh at 8:57 pm

Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 9:50 am

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In PowerPoint, the Slide Master influences the layout and look of all slides in your presentation. Make changes to the Slide Master and those changes reflect on your presentation slides. For example, you can apply another Background Style so that all Slide Layouts and slides in your presentation use this changed slide background.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint 2016

Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint 2013

Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint 2016

Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint 2011

Change Background Styles in the Slide Master in PowerPoint

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