Creating a Design Template with the Image of Your Choice
You can also have sound in your presentation. Whether you want music playing throughout
your presentation, or some noise on just one slide, the choice is yours.
Open a blank presentation.
Using the Task Pane, select the Blank Slide layout.
Click on the word View in the Menu bar.
Hold your cursor over the option Master.
Select the option Slide Master from the submenu that appears.
The Master Slide editing window will appear on the screen.
Click on the word Insert in the Menu bar.
Hold your cursor over the option Picture.
Select the option From File from the submenu that appears.
Browse to the image of your choice and click Insert.
Crop, size, and position the image.
Right-click on the image.
Choose the option Format Picture from the submenu that
appears.
The Format Picture dialog will appear.
Go to the Picture tab.
Select Washout from the dropdown list of the Color
field.
Click on the OK button.
Right-click on the image again.
A submenu will appear.
Hold your cursor over the option Order.
Select the option Send to Back from the submenu that appears.
Click on the word View in the Menu bar.
Select the option Normal. (This step is critical: not only
does it close the Slide Master view, but it insures that
we will not be put back into the Slide Master view when we
apply the template.)
You will return to the Normal view.
Click on the word File in the Menu bar.
Select the option Save As.
The Save As dialog will appear.
Click on the dropdown arrow to the right of the Save As Type
field.
Choose the option Design Template (*.pot).
Enter the name of the design template in the File Name
field.
Accept the default Save In location.
Click on the Save button.
Close the newly created Design Template.
Open an existing PowerPoint presentation (or create a new one).
