Theme Color
Go to the Design tab.
Use the Colors drop-down menu and choose a different color…
Hover down the list until you find one you like. This will change all your slides to this color variant. For example, here I’ve chosen yellow. You can choose whatever colors you like.
Note: I will continue the screenshots with the default color.
Slide Master View
Go to View > Slide Master…
This opens up the template for the slides. Go to the top layout (with the “1” beside it).
Headings
Font size
Go back to the Home tab…
Select the title text / box…
Pump up to the font size to 60.
Font type
Choose one of the following fun/thicker font types shown below:
Change the font type…
Don’t worry if the text is going outside the box.
- Congenial
- Jumble
- Showcard Gothic
- Snap ITC
- Stencil
Quick Styles Intro
Fill
- change the fill color to something that stands out against the background
- change the fill from solid to gradient
- set gradient direction to be darker at the bottom and lighter at the top
Outline
- add an outline: black/white
Effects
- add a bevel…
Add Quick Style
Go to Shape Format and under Quick Styles choose one of the styles. Do not choose any of the styles crossed out as they are too hard to read.
Adjust Quick Style
Once you choose a style, you will need to change some options to make sure it stands out and is easy to read. Play with the fill/gradient, outline and shadow/bevel. Scroll down to find the style you are using amd see what changes you should make…
change fill color to something that stands out against the background…
… then change fill to gradient (light / dark)
add a bevel
add outline (dark/light) or a bevel…
Get your project checked off before continuing…
Go back to Normal View…
All your list slides will now have a nice heading like this…
Title Layout
Go to the first slide…
Then go back into Slide Master view…
The ‘Title Layout’ on the left should be active…
Go back to the Home tab…
Title Box
Click anywhere in the title box and pump up the font size to 96 and center it.
Subtitle Box
Then click in the subtitle box and pump up the font size to 36 and center it.
Go back to Normal View…
Your first and last slides will look like this…
Transitions
Go to the Transitions tab…
Add Transitions
Go to the Slide #1 and go to the drop-down menu for transitions…
Add the type Curtains.
Add a different transition type to the other slides #2-8.
Advance Timings
Go to Slide Sorter View …
Zoom out to about 70-80% so you can see all your slides…
- Then select all the slides using CTRL+A.
- Then on the far-right of the Transitions tab, go to the Advance Slide section.
- Check the box and set it to 10 seconds.
Click in an empty area to deselect the slides. Then click on Slide 1 so select just that slide.
Change the amount of time from to 5 sec.
Get your project checked off.