Developing a Presentation
Building a coherent deck
Developing a presentation means moving from an idea to a structured slide sequence. Know how to add slides with a chosen layout, duplicate, delete, reorder by dragging thumbnails, and create sections to group slides. Use the outline pane or Outline view to enter titles and body text quickly, and promote or demote levels there. Understand the difference between a theme (overall design) and a layout (arrangement of placeholders). The slide master controls formatting for all slides using that master; editing individual slides overrides the master only where you make changes. Speaker notes hold delivery cues and do not appear on screen during a slide show unless Presenter View is used.
Traps
A common error is changing one slide when the question asks for every slide - use the master or “Apply to All” where offered. Hiding a slide is not deleting it. Transitions belong to slides; animations belong to objects. Reusing slides from another file can bring unwanted themes, so check “Keep source formatting.” Also know that slide size and orientation are set once for the whole presentation, not per slide.
Worked example
To make every content slide use the same title position, open View > Slide Master, adjust the title placeholder on the layout, then close Master View. Changes flow to slides using that layout; manually moved placeholders on individual slides stay where they are.