2007 Microsoft® Office System Step by Step, Second Edition

Changing the Layout of a Slide

When you add a new slide to a presentation, you can specify which of several predefined layouts you want to use, or you can add a blank slide and create a custom layout. If you decide after you create a slide that you want it to have a different predefined layout, you can change the layout by displaying the slide, clicking the Layout button in the Slides group on the Home tab, and then making a selection.

See Also

For information about adding slides, see Creating a Presentation Based on a Ready-Made Design in Chapter 13.

If the slide already contains content, you can add the elements of a different layout to the existing layout without disturbing the existing content. For example, if you decide to add a chart to a slide ...