Consistency is the key word in this section.
It is the most important aspect to keep in mind when working on formatting presentations it signals
well prepared well organized and diligent work a consistent color scheme means using the same colors
in the same order and charts text and other elements of the slides across the entire document.
Many companies have developed standard PowerPoint templates which serve as the basis for any new presentation.
Some companies have developed in-house macros in their PowerPoint templates which help set up automatically
new slides in standard formats.
In the absence of such formatting macros consistency can be maintained efficiently by creating a slide
template from the outset at the skeleton stage and setting up a few dummy charts and text boxes.
This template slide can then be copied as many times as necessary to develop the complete skeleton.
Every new slide subsequently added should come from the same slide template.
That way all the formats will be preserved.
It is important to also to open the slide master and manage the format settings there as they are the
default settings of the presentation.
And if you right click and add a new slide it will follow the slide master template format regardless
of whether you work for a large company that has its own color identity or you create a presentation
of your own.
Perhaps for a small business you should do your best to be consistent when using colors.
The safest way is to use a unique range of colors and do it in a consistent manner.