Once created, the timeline can be easily styled further or updated automatically using Office Timeline. For example, you can instantly change colors, shapes and positions, switch the time scale from months to quarters, add tasks to create a Gantt chart, or adjust dates on the fly as your plans change. (Learn how to make a Gantt chart in PowerPoint here)
While the SmartArt functions apply to the whole graphic, you can also customize individual items on the timeline. To do this quickly, right-click on any item and use the formatting options that pop up to restyle it. For instance, you can use Shape Fill to make specific milestones stand out or change the dates’ Font Color to differentiate them better from the milestone descriptions.
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Now you can apply some styling choices if you want to make your PowerPoint timeline look more unique.
2. Instantly, you will have a new timeline slide in PowerPoint
Depending on the style or template you’ve selected, you will get a PowerPoint timeline that looks similar to this:
This will open a gallery that provides a variety of styles and templates you can choose from for your timeline.
Now, to make the milestones easier to follow, you can slightly narrow the arrow shape and move the circles closer to their corresponding descriptions using drag & drop. It may take a while to find the ideal positioning, but it will help guide your audience’s eye.
To customize the overall look of your timeline, you can change the SmartArt Styles and color palettes from the SmartArt Tools Design tab on the ribbon. In my example, I chose a darker color scheme from the Change Colors dropdown and selected the Intense Effect option from the Styles menu to make the milestone circles stand out a bit better.
- 176 unique slides
- thousands of custom icons
- custom help files to guide your creative journey
Remember that just because your slide layout has a placeholder or object on it, doesn’t mean you've got to use it. In this case, let’s say we want to delete the text overlays on the photo.
This simple PPT template shows that you don't have to give up style when you choose simplicity. One of the most popular trends right now in presentations is the use of custom image masks, which can re-shape how your images appear. This template features them and is a breeze to use for your next simple presentation.
A pitch deck is a specific type of presentation format that helps you show off your big idea to potential investors or employees. And there's no reason that your pitch deck can't embody all the best principles of a simple presentation. Use this template to slim down your pitch to the key points that set you apart. It rivals simple PPT templates available for free download.
19. Simplicity 2.0 – Premium and Easy to Edit Template
At the same time, they’re fully customizable, so you can easily make any changes that you need. Let’s learn how. We’ll use the Kite Simple PowerPoint Template to illustrate quickly making a simple slide layout in just a few simple steps.
As you can see, PowerPoint will instantly drop the image in, scaled perfectly.
Nothing is more frustrating to see than a cluttered PowerPoint slide. Messy layouts hint at sloppy design—and they’re also impossible to read from the back of a room.
To reuse a template that you've recently used, click Recent Templates.
Some examples of templates for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Office.com include, but are not limited to, the following:
Type a key word or phrase into the Search for online templates and themes field, and press Enter.
To use a template that you installed to your local drive previously, click My Templates, click the template that you want, and then click OK.
Confirm the template location with Office
You can create your own custom templates and store them, reuse them, and share them with others. You can also find hundreds of different types of free templates on Office.com and on other partner websites that you can apply to your presentation.
1. Subject matter-specific content, such as Certificate of Achievement, Soccer
Under Office.com Templates, click a template category, select a template, and then click Download to download the template to your local drive.
Futuristic bright neon colors and sleek graphic illustration create a modern forward thinking powerful presentation for business or learning environments.
- Resolution – 16:9 widescreen
- Number of slides -31
- Color themes – monotone greys
- Resolution – 16:9 widescreen format
- Number of slides -33
- Color themes – Soft gradient pink and purple
- Resolution -16:9 HD
- Number of slides – 25
- Color themes – mainly white with 5 pre-made color variations
8. Futuristic Free Powerpoint Template
- Resolution – 16:9 widescreen
- Number of slides -19
- Color themes – Available in five colors themes: black, purple, dark blue, red, and green
- Resolution – 16:9 widescreen format
- Number of slides – 23
- Color themes – Dark blue/ highlight red
A serious minimal slideshow that contains no distraction and no fuss. Everything has a place, everything a purpose. Functional, well framed and as direct as you could be. The inclusion of over 1000 icons and Flaticon’s extension is a great plus too.
Select Personal or Custom. (The name varies, depending on circumstance.)
Double-click your template and a new presentation will open with your template applied to it.
Tip: If you don't see Personal or Custom then you probably don't have any templates stored in your templates folder. Create and save one, or use the steps in the next section to copy a template to that folder.
Switch to the new file, right-click the thumbnail pane, and under Paste Options select Use Destination Theme:
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Did you receive a template, via download, email, or other method, that you'd like to add to PowerPoint? Copy or save your template (.potx) file to the Templates folder at:
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