How to: Change slide layout in PowerPoint.
Solution:
Select 'Slides' from the 'View' menu and select the slide to be changed. Select 'Slide Layout...' from the 'Format' menu. Select a new slide layout.
1) Select the 'View' menu and select 'Slides'. (The slides are displayed each on an entire page on consecutive pages.)
2) Scroll to the desired slide where the layout will be changed.
NOTE: The layout is changed ONLY for the current slide.
3) Select the 'Format' menu and select 'Slide Layout...' . (The 'Slide Layout' dialog box appears.)
4) Select a new slide layout from the 'Reapply the current master styles' list box.
NOTE: A layout is selected when a highlighted box appears around it.
5) Click 'Apply'.
NOTE: If the selected layout is the same as the existing layout of the slide, this button is named the 'Reapply'.
