Layouts and templates determine how your presentation looks. Take some time to explore the various layouts and templates available before creating your presentation. You can modify any layout or template to your preference.

Each slide has a layout with at least one placeholder. Placeholders are containers in which you insert text or multimedia elements such as charts, tables, and video clips. There are three basic kinds of layout.

Text layout	Content layout	Text and content layout

To apply a layout to a slide: select the slide and choose a layout style from the Slide Layout task pane. See Task Pane Overview.