Why and How to Use Master Slides in PowerPoint Presentations?
A master slide as the name indicates is a slide whose content appears on some or all of the slides in a PowerPoint presentation or e-learning course.
Master Slides Content in PowerPoint
A classic example of master slide content is the background image. Just place it on a master slide, and the graphic displays on all the slides of your PowerPoint presentation or multimedia course.
Other examples of content that should go on a PowerPoint master slide are navigation buttons, titles and sub-titles and page number placeholder.
Multiple Master Slides
PowerPoint allows you to use more than one master slide in your project! When would you need to use more than one master slide? Say a presentation you create has twenty slides. If the first eleven of these require a common content set and the next nine needs a different common set, then you’ve to use two master slides.
TIP: If you want certain content, say navigation buttons to appear on all master slides in your PowerPoint presentation or e-learning course, then just copy and paste the buttons on all the master slides.
PowerPoint Master Slide Benefits
Why should you use a master slide? Here are its benefits:
- A relatively low file size, particularly if you use images that should display on many slides
- Saves effort, as you’ve to create the common content only on master slide(s)
- Easier and faster to modify or delete common content
Step-by-Step Tutorial to Use Master Slides in PowerPoint
STEP1: Start PowerPoint. Click View > Master > Slide Master (Fig. 1) The master slide displays.
Fig 1. Click View > Master > Slide Master to display a new master slide
STEP 2: Assuming you don’t want to use the default template text on the master slide: Press Ctrl+A to select all the text and press the Del key. In case you do want to use the default template, type your text in the placeholders