Changing the Layout of a Slide

You can change the layout of an existing slide by selecting the slide and clicking a different layout thumbnail in the Slide Layout task pane. If you make changes to the layout of a slide—such as sizing or moving a placeholder—but then decide you would rather use the original layout, you can reapply the layout without losing text you have already entered, by clicking a command on the layout thumbnail’s drop-down list.

When you manually alter the layout or the types of items on a slide, PowerPoint uses an automatic layout behavior to apply a slide layout that matches your changes.

In this exercise, you will reapply a layout to a slide, and then you’ll apply a different layout.

USE the ChangeLayout presentation in the ...

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