Theme Color
Go to the Design tab, and click on the Variants drop-down menu.
Choose Colors … hover over the color list until you find one you like….
You might get something like this…
Headings
Layout: Master
Go to the VIEW tab > Slide Master…
Select the top/master layout (the one with the “1” beside it).
This sets the fonts on all the other slides.
Font Type
Go back to the Home tab…
Click on the border of the title box (or select the inside the box).
Change the font type.
Choose one of the following fun/thicker font types:
- Broadway
- Cooper Black
- Jokerman
- Modern Love
- OpenDyslexic
- Showcard Gothic
- Snap ITC
- Stencil
See how font types will look:
Quick Style
Then go to Shape Format and under Quick Styles choose one of the styles that stands out and is easy to read.
You can play with more options for the:
- Fill (gradient)
- Outline (color, thickness) and
- Effects (shadow, bevel).
Font Size
Pump up to the font size to “54”.
You should see the headings have trickled down to the other layouts…
Title Layout
Go to the 2nd layout…
Select the title text and pump up to size 96.
Select the subtitle text and pump up to 36.
Year
Go to the 3rd layout ‘Title & Content’.
Go to the INSERT tab, and insert WordArt… choose the white indented one…
You’ll now have a text box like this on your slide…
- Type in your year.
- Then click on the top arrow/handle and rotate it so it’s sideways; hold SHIFT so it’s straight
- Hover over the edge of the text box – when your cursor turns to a 4-pointed arrow, click and drag the box over…
Section Layout
Select the last layout (for the song slides)…
Title Box
Select the title box (or the text in the box) and …
Reduce the font size to 66.
Also align text to the right.
Go to Shape Styles > Quick Styles and change the style of the title box so it’s easier to read, stands out more, and is not the same color as the subtitle box (song name).
Subtitle Box
Pump up the font size to 32.
Also align text to the right.
If the color in the subtitle box is hard to read, you may need to change it to a brighter color from your theme colors…
Stay in Slide Master view and get checked off…
Adjust Pictures
Go back to your slides, Normal View
Your first and last slides should look something like this…
Song Slides
Your song slides will look something like this…
- Adjust picture sizes as needed to fill/fit in the empty area on the left…
- adjust the width of the title box if singer text is on 2 lines to have more on the bottom…
List Slides
Your list slides should look like this now…
- adjust the size of the pictures, making them as big as possible, no big gaps at the bottom/right area
- make sure the pictures are not covering any text (bullets or titles)
Get this stage checked off…