As you
saw when you looked at your slides in Slide Editor View, you can see placeholders for the
parts of the slides even if they are not in use, like the subtitles. When the slide is
printed or played, empty placeholders do not display. There are 7 layouts that you can
use. There is a [Select Layout] list button 
on the Property Bar that shows which type of layout is in use
for the current slide. The seven layouts are:
 Title |
to create a title slide; has title and subtitle areas only |
 Bulleted list |
list perhaps the most common type of slide, it has title, subtitle, and area for bulleted text items |
 Text |
has title, subtitle, and a text area that is not bulleted |
 Organization chart |
has title, subtitle, and an area for a bar/pie/line type chart |
 Data Chart |
has title, subtitle, and an area for a bar/pie/line type of chart |
 Combination |
has title, subtitle, an area for text on the left side of the slide and an area for a chart on the right side |
 None |
gives you the background for your selected master but has no placeholder areas |
Even after entering text in Outliner View, you can change the slide layout. Depending on what layout is selected, some of the elements in a placeholder may disappear.
Exercise 6
Change the view to Slide Editor for your "newsletter tips" slide show. Use the Navigation Tabs to move to Slide 1. Click on the [Select Layout] list button
On Slide 8 change the layout to None and notice what happens. Change the layout back to Text before going on.
Change the view to Slide Outliner and look at the [Select Layout] button
If you have several layouts you want to change as a group, this can be done by using FORMAT
on the menu bar, then selecting Layout Gallery. The Appearance Tab lets you change all of
the slides to another layout or change selected slides.
Learning Corel Presentations 8.0