Handout Master – this master determines how the handouts will look. Slide Master – this master is for the presentation itself. That way the look and feel is taken care of before you start.Īnother reason for editing the Slide Master before you begin with the content is that any edits you make to a layout after you have built the slides, will have to be applied in retrospect, which means that you have to go back and reapply those layouts to the affected slides.
You can create custom layouts in the Slide Master – just in case the layouts that exist are not sufficient for your purposes. It is best to edit the Slide Master before you start to create the presentation. If you want to change the look of the whole presentation, you can simply edit the Slide Master and hey presto everything will change. This means that whenever you add new slides to the presentation the formatting is taken care of and you can focus on the content. You can add a logo, customise the background, and create your own colours and font combinations for the whole presentation. They sit behind the presentation and govern the way it looks and behaves. Slide masters exist to help you create great looking presentations with minimal effort.
