How do I make all slides the same layout?

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To quickly change the look of a slide, you can apply a different slide layout to it. If you make changes to a slide format (like moving a text or image placeholder) and later want to use the original formatting, you can reapply the slide layout. Reapplying the slide layout won’t delete your content.

Reapply a slide layout

You can reapply a slide layout so that text and media placeholders return to their default style and position, the slide background returns to its default color or image, and placeholder objects are shown or hidden as they were by default.

1. In the slide navigator, click to select a slide or select multiple slides.

2. Control-click the selected slide, then choose Reapply Layout to Slide.

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