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Enhancing the Look of a Presentation

To make a simple and attractive presentation, you should keep some points in your mind.

Apply formatting styles such as bold, italics and underline to the text by using the
B, I, U commands, respectively from the Font group under the Home tab.

Choose an attractive slide layout from the Slides group under the Home tab.

Choose a theme under the Design tab.
Change the font, colour and background of the theme.

Applying Themes

A theme is a set of predefined layouts that can be used to add a professional touch

to your presentations. The Design tab in PowerPoint provides a variety of options for
designing and formatting a presentation. They include predefined colour palettes,
fonts, backgrounds and formatting effects. You can also customise the existing

themes or build your own themes.

Choosing a Theme

PowerPoint has a number of built-in themes you can choose from. To change the
theme in the presentation, follow the given steps:

1 Click on
Design tab. 2 Click on the
More drop-
down arrow.

3 Select the theme you wish to apply to your presentation.

The selected theme will be applied to your presentation.

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