You have two options to consider. Write your show as a blank presentation and then select a slide design, or select a slide design before starting to write your show. This tutorial will be written as if you wrote your slide show using a blank presentation.
Click in the title area to enter the title of your show. Then click in the subtitle area to enter a subtitle. There are two ways to add a new slide to your show.
- Go to the Insert menu at the top of the page and select New Slide
- Click on the New Slide button [
] on the formatting toolbar.
Title slide is the
layout presented for your first slide. To change the
layout go to the Format menu and select Slide Layout. You may select a different layout by clicking
on the thumbnail image. Several types of layout are illustrated
below:

Continue writing your slide show until all of the content has been entered.
Now that you have entered the content in your slide show, you may want to apply a slide design. Go to the Format menu and select Slide Design.

You may apply a design to the entire show, or to single slides. After applying a design, go back through each slide. You may need to make adjustments on text size or placement.