Pick a layout for your slides

Each slide layout contains placeholders for text, pictures, charts, shapes, and more. When you are arranging content on your slides, picking a slide layout that best suits your content gives you a head start.

Pick a layout when you add a new slide:

1. On the Home tab, click New Slide.

2. Pick a layout for your new slide and then click Add Slide.

Change the layout of an existing slide:

1. On the Home tab, click Layout.

2. Pick a layout that better matches the content on your slide, and then click Change layout.