Learn how to use the slide master in PowerPoint. Modify and use a slide master to make universal style changes to all the slides in your presentation.

Click a location in the slide thumbnail pane where you want the new slide master to appear. On the Slide Master tab, select Insert Slide Master. Note: In the slide thumbnail pane, the slide master is the …

If you're used to creating the groundwork of your presentations in Slide Master View in the PowerPoint desktop application, you've probably noticed that PowerPoint for the web doesn't have a slide master.

Reuse a slide master from another presentation by copying and pasting it into your presentation.

From the Normal view, make note of the total number of slides from the left of the status tray, or scroll to the last slide in the left pane. On the View tab, select Slide Master in the Master Views group, and …

On the View tab, click Slide Master. In the thumbnail pane that contains the slide masters and layouts, pick the layout that has closest arrangement of placeholders to how you want your slide to look.

You can add an image (sometimes transparent and called a watermark) to the slide master so that it appears on every slide in the presentation. For example, you might have a company logo that you …

Try it! Adding a graphic as a watermark behind the text of your slides is a great way to display a logo or other meaningful image. PowerPoint lets you adjust the picture's transparency after you put it on the …

Remove a transparent picture (watermark) from the background of your PowerPoint presentation slides. You can use watermarks to brand a presentation with a logo or to add an attractive background.

Solution: If you can't directly edit footer text, it's probably the case that the footer placeholder has been turned off in Slide Master view. To change that situation, you can open Slide Master view and make …