There are a ton of moving parts and pieces in a custom PowerPoint template. In this session, we'll talk about some of the most important fundamentals you should consider when building a PowerPoint template, including setting up your slide master, choosing and applying fonts properly, best practices for creating a color theme, and using background styles.
   

Echo Swinford has been working with PowerPoint since 1997. She is President Emerita of the Presentation Guild and has been a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since 2000. With co-author Julie Terberg, she recently released the definitive guide to PowerPoint template development: Building PowerPoint Templates v2.