Changing slide layouts

Often, when you insert a slide, a certain layout is applied automatically. You can change the layout before you add content or after content is inserted into the slide. The Layout option is also very useful when copying slides from other presentations into a new or existing presentation as it refreshes the layout and fixes common slide design, background, or font issues. Follow these steps:

1. To change a slide layout, click on the slide you wish to change the layout of in the presentation. Continue to use the presentation from the previous example.
2. Click on the Home tab and locate the Layout icon.
3. Click the Layout icon and select a layout from the list provided.
4. Note that the slide layout from the inserted slide (slide 3) is also an option in the Layout drop-down list.
5. For this example, we will change the layout of slide 2 to the Content with Caption layout:

6. After you've selected a layout from the list, the selected slide will be updated with the new layout.