To save your template, click File > Save As. Save your presentation as a PowerPoint template (.potx) This ensures that the slides in your presentation will contain your most recent updates to the layout. If you edit a layout in Slide Master View, for example by adding instructional text, or some other layout-altering action, you must reapply the layout to the slides in your presentation when you return to Normal view. If an unwanted bullet appears before your instructional text, click the Home tab, and in the Paragraph group, click the down arrow next to Bullets, and then click None.Ĭlick Slide Master > Close Master View. Highlight the default text in the placeholder and replace it with your own instructional text. Use the mouse pointer to drag and draw the size of your text placeholder. In the pane that contains the slide master and layouts, click the layout that you want to add a text placeholder to.Ĭlick Slide Master > Insert Placeholder > Text.
If you create templates for others to use, you can overwrite the text in the default placeholders by adding ‘custom placeholder text’, which describes or specifies the types of information that you want the users of your template to enter. Provide instructions for users of your template Create a reusable template by saving a PowerPoint file as a PowerPoint template (.potx).
