Learn how to reset your slide formatting with one click in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac. Reset sets your slide layout to the Theme defaults.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
OS: Mac OS X
You might have come across slides that look plainly bad. One look at a slide similar to what you see in Figure 1, and it really doesn't matter whether the content is great or not. You just feel like looking away from it! Also, some visually loud slides can ensure that audiences concentrate more on the horrors presented by the look of the slide rather than the content. You might end up with such slides even with no fault of yours, because someone else designed them for you?
Figure 1: A slide that looks very bad
To make the slides pristine again, you may have to spend some time. You may have to change the position, size, and text layout for the placeholders on the slide too. Fortunately, there is an easy, one-click process to restore the sanity in the slides. It's called the Reset Layout to Default Settings option.
To reset all the changes done on a slide, follow these steps:
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