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Further modifications to the default text areas

Besides the shape, size and position, it is also possible to modify other

aspects of the 5 areas of the slide master, such as the background, add

a border, alignment relative to the slide and position relative to other

objects.

While background style and line style of an area can be accessed from

the Format menu, in order to access the Alignment and Arrange menus

you need to either open the Drawing toolbar or use the context menu.

To display the Drawing toolbar (Figure 23), select it in

View > Toolbars; to open the context menu, right-click on the edge of

the rectangular area after selecting it. On the Drawing toolbar, click

the arrow next to the Alignment or Arrange icon (highlighted in Figure

23) to display choices. See the

Draw Guide

for details.

Figure 23: The Drawing toolbar

The date area, footer area, and slide number area do not automatically

appear on every slide, even though you have defined them. In order to

show them, you need to close the Master View and select the desired

field from the menu: Insert > Page number or Insert > Date and

time. This procedure is explained in detail in Chapter 8 (Adding and

Formatting Slides, Notes, and Handouts).

Adding text to all slides

Some of the supplied slide masters have text objects in the footer. You

can add other text objects to the master page for your slides to act as a

header or a footer.

1) Choose View > Master > Slide Master from the menu bar.

2) On the Drawing toolbar (see Figure 23), select the Text icon.

3) Click once and drag in the master page to draw a text object, and

then type or paste your text into the object or add fields as

described below.

4) Choose View > Normal when you are finished.

To add a field, such as the date or page number, to a text object in the

header or footer, choose Insert > Fields. and select the required field

from the submenu. If you want to edit a field in your slide, select it and

choose Edit > Fields.

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