If you are happy with your existing design and do not want to see the Design Ideas Task Pane, you can simply click the X button on the top-right of the pane to dismiss it, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4, below.įigure 4: Close the Design Ideas Task Pane.

We clicked the bottom-most of the three thumbnails shown in Figure 2, and you can see the template applied in Figure 3, below.įigure 3: Template from the Design Ideas Task Pane applied

Click on any of the thumbnails in the Design Ideas Task Pane to apply the new template to your new presentation.

In this Design Ideas Task Pane, you will see thumbnails of some template designs that can replace the conventional white background and black text slide deck that you see leftwards of the Design Ideas Task Pane in Figure 2.įigure 2: Design Ideas Task Pane with template ideas As soon as you see the new blank presentation, you will also see the Design Ideas Task Pane on the right, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2, below.

PowerPoint shows Backstage view, and you choose the Blank Presentation option, highlighted in red within Figure 1, below.

Let's see what happens when you load up PowerPoint 365 for Windows.

In this tutorial, we will give you an introduction to the PowerPoint Designer feature. PowerPoint Designer is exactly this option, and it lets you choose an alternative slide layout, choose a template when you begin creating a new deck, or even create infographics for you.

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