Slide Layouts (highlighted in blue within Within Figure 2) and several smaller slide thumbnails below representing individual In Slide Master view, you'll see that the left pane contains two distinctly different elements:Ī larger thumbnail representing the Slide Master (highlighted in red Slide Master button, as shown highlighted in blue within Open a blank presentation with a new slide. Here, select the Blank Presentation option to You can decide which of these approaches works best for you.įollow these steps to create a new Slide Layout in PowerPoint 2016 for But creating your Slide Layout from scratch is more like starting with a blank sheet of paperĪnd drawing your art before you start coloring between the lines. As an analogy, duplicating and editing a Slide Layout is more like using a coloring book to fill colorīetween the lines of pre-drawn art.

While duplicating and editing Slide Layouts is a great way to make small changes, it's not the same as creating a new Slide Renamed within the Slide Master to create Or charts, or a separate layout for the opening slide. For example, you can use the ready-made layouts available that contain pictures PowerPoint, you can create good looking slides.