Slide Layouts

Default Title Slide

The default layout for the first slide in a presentation is the Title.
The default layout for the first slide when you create a new presentation is the title slide
This layout consists of two text placeholders: one for the presentation title and one for the presentation subtitle

The exact positioning of these placeholder textboxes on these two layouts comes directly from the Title Master.

Default - Title and Text Slide

The default layout for all the subsequent slides in a presentation are Title and Text
Whenever new slides added to a presentation using any of the following methods the title and text slide layout is used.
This layout consists of two text placeholders: one for the title across the top and a larger one for the actual slide text.

The exact positioning of these placeholder textboxes on these two layouts comes directly from the Slide Master.

When you change to a different design template these placeholders may shift the text slightly depending on the exact position of the placeholders on the two master slides.