Creating a Background Slide

After you plan a template, you can create the presentation background slide for the template. This Microsoft PowerPoint slide serves as the title slide and also defines the layout and formatting of the entire presentation. This background slide can contain a company logo, special colors, background designs, headers, and footers.

To create a background slide

1. Create a new slide in Microsoft PowerPoint.

2. Because this slide also serves as the title slide, select the title slide layout template, and enter the title of the presentation.

3. Set up headers, footers, fonts, background colors, and other layout options for the template.

   For more information about completing these tasks, see the online help for Microsoft PowerPoint.

4. Save and close the file.

   Choose a name that uses only alphanumeric characters, and use the PPT file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint.