Creating Your Own Design Template
Sometimes none of the existing design templates offers exactly what you're looking for. In this case, you can either modify an existing template or create one of your own. Some ideas of things you might want to do to customize, or add, to a blank slide:
Change the master title or text style to a different font (View, Master, Slide Master).
Change the background color (Format, Background).
Change the slide color scheme (Format, Slide Color Scheme).
Change the bullet styles (Format, Bullets and Numbering).
Add additional objects such as a logo, picture, or WordArt image.
To save a customized design template for future use, follow these steps:
Choose File, Save As to open the Save As dialog box (see Figure 6.10).
Figure 6.10. Save a new design template in this dialog box by choosing the Design Template file type.
In the Save As Type drop-down list, choose Design Template. The Save In drop-down list selects the folder in which you store design templates by default (usually C: Windows Application Data Microsoft Templates).
Enter a name for your design template in the File Name box.
Click the Save button.
The saved design template is available the next time you open the Apply Design Template dialog box.