Apply a design template

On the Formatting toolbar, click Design . (If you already have the Slide Design pane open with color schemes or animation schemes displayed, click Design Templates at the top.)
Do one of the following:
- To apply a design template to all slides (and the slide master), click the template you want.
- To apply a template to a single slide, select the thumbnail on the Slides tab; in the task pane, point to the template and click the arrow, and then click Apply to Selected Slides.
- To apply a template to multiple selected slides, select the thumbnails on the Slides tab, and in the task pane, click the template.
- To apply a new template to a group of slides that currently use a different template, select one of the slides on the Slides tab; in the task pane, point to the template and click the arrow, and then click Apply to Master.

Note Design templates you have applied appear in the Slide Design task pane under Used in this presentation. All available design templates appear under Available for use.

Tips

To view the design templates in larger sizes, point to a template, click the arrow, and then click Show Large Previews.
To look for a template that doesn't appear in the task pane, click Browse at the bottom of the task pane.
To apply a "blank" design template, under Available for use, click the first design in the task pane, titled Default Design.