Masters
A MASTER is a particular view in PowerPoint where items for all slides in the presentation can be formatted consistently, so that the presentation is uniform. There are 4 masters in PowerPoint 7.0: Slide Master, Title Master, Handout Master, and Notes Master.
The formatting done on a SLIDE MASTER appears on every single slide in the presentation.
The formatting done on a TITLE MASTER appears only on title slides in the presentation.
NOTE: The type of slide can be selected in the 'New Slide' dialog box when inserting a new slide.
A HANDOUT MASTER sets formatting for audience handouts.
A NOTES MASTER sets formatting for the 'Notes Pages'.