IN THIS CHAPTER
What a template provides
Creating a new presentation based on a template
Applying a template to an existing presentation
Understanding and changing template file locations
Working with color schemes
Creating your own templates
Ideas for effective templates
The Template controls the overall look and feel of a presentation-background, colors, fonts, object placement, and so on. PowerPoint comes with a lot of templates to choose from, and you can also get them from other sources (like the CD with this book!) or create your own. Or do without one altogether, if that suits your purposes.
In this chapter, you'll learn what a template consists of, and how to apply one to a presentation. Each template has at least one color scheme, so next we'll look at how color schemes simplify the process of selecting colors for a presentation, and you'll learn how to apply, modify, and create color schemes. The chapter winds up by looking at ways to create your own templates.