What does the 'Slide Master' feature allow you to do?

The 'Slide Master' feature is a fundamental tool in PowerPoint that enables users to set the overall design and layout for all slides in a presentation. By using the Slide Master, you can establish a consistent look across your entire presentation, including fonts, colors, background styles, and placeholder arrangements for text and other elements. This is particularly useful for maintaining a cohesive aesthetic, especially in larger presentations where ensuring uniformity on each slide can be time-consuming if done individually.

Additionally, any changes made to the Slide Master automatically propagate to all slides linked to it, which streamlines the editing process and helps to ensure consistency. For instance, if you decide to change the background color or font size in the Slide Master, all slides that utilize that master will be updated simultaneously without needing to modify each slide one by one.

In contrast, editing individual slides only affects that specific slide and does not change the broader design framework. Adding multimedia content pertains to incorporating images, videos, or audio specifically which doesn't involve design settings. Changes to the footer can also be managed through the master view, but this is a smaller function that falls under the broader capabilities of the Slide Master. Thus, the capacity to set design and layout for all slides is the primary strength and purpose of