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MO-300: Manage presentations

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Manage presentations

Manage presentations is the deck-level domain: it tests whether you can create a file, set it up for the audience and printer, and deliver it reliably. Expect tasks on slide size and orientation, themes and variants, headers and footers, presentation properties, save and export formats, print layouts, slide show setup, custom shows, and presenter view. The slide master controls inherited formatting; individual slides and layouts can override it, so know which layer you are editing.

Core rules

  • Slide size and orientation live in Design > Slide Size > Custom Slide Size. Widescreen is 16:9; standard is 4:3. Changing size after layout may prompt Maximize or Ensure Fit.
  • Themes supply colors, fonts, and effects; variants change the color scheme without changing the theme family.
  • Headers and footers are set per presentation and can be applied to all or selected slides; the date can update automatically or be fixed.
  • File > Print offers Full Page Slides, Notes Pages, Outline, and Handouts (1–9 slides per page). Print settings are separate from slide show settings.
  • Set Up Slide Show controls show type, loop, narration, and monitoring; Presenter View is a delivery aid, not a file property.
  • Custom shows point to existing slides; they do not duplicate slides. Hidden slides remain in the file but are skipped in a normal show.

Worked example

A team needs a 16:9 deck for a projector and a six-slide-per-page handout. Set Design > Slide Size > Widescreen. If existing objects shift, choose Ensure Fit to scale them into the new canvas, then inspect each slide. For the handout, choose File > Print > Full Page Slides > Handouts 6 Slides Horizontal, then check preview. Reasoning: slide size changes the canvas; print layout changes only output. Choosing Maximize can crop content, so Ensure Fit is safer when the deck is already designed.

Traps

Applying a background to one slide when all slides were intended; confusing theme variants with templates; printing Notes Pages when handouts were requested; assuming hidden slides are deleted; and changing slide size after final layout without checking object placement.