In the "Document Selection" dialog box when you begin creating a file, you pick out a background master from the gallery. However, you can apply another gallery at any point in creating a slide show. You will probably want to be in Slide Editor View so you can see the effect. The button to the left of the [Select Layout] button is the [Master gallery] button. Clicking on this button redisplays the "Master Gallery" dialog box. You can pick another category, select another background and then click on [OK] to apply it to the slide show. You cannot apply more than one background to a slide show.

In the "Master Gallery" dialog box is a button for [Save as Default] . Clicking on this button changes the default gallery selection that appears when you start another new slide show later.

Exercise 7

Using your "newsletter tips" slide show, click on the [Master Gallery] button on the Property Bar. Pick the category of Color and pick the option Purple, click OK. Using the Navigation Tabs, move through the slides and look at the effect. How have the elements in each slide changed?

Change the category to Printout and select either Arrows or Boxes and view your slide show again.

If you have the complete gallery installed, change the category to Nature and pick the option of Fall. View your slide show.

What is your reaction to these various backgrounds? When would you want to use one and not another?

You do not need to save this new version of "newsletter tips." Close the screen display by clicking on FILE, then Close. The "Document Selection" dialog box appears.

Learning Corel Presentations 8.0