Creating custom PowerPoint templates are important for professional courses delivered in classrooms or online. Using a custom template makes a PowerPoint presentation stand out. Canned backgrounds often give a course a sense of being general in nature. I always recommend that presenters learn to create their own backgrounds so their presentations reflect the precise mood, message and originality that the work deserves.

The above images show the different types of pages that were designed for an antioxidant presentation that I gave in various locations across the country. The presentation was delivered to retailers of dietary supplements.   The above image is part of a tutorial that I created for eHow. The tutorial shows how to create a realistic chalkboard background. The image can be used as an interesting PowerPoint template.         The template above was used for presentations that covered a number of topics important for retailers of dietary supplements.   The images above are from a template used in a training module on dietary minerals.         The template above was used in a training course for a dietary supplement brand.   The PowerPoint template above was used in flash based training modules. The tabs add tremendous functionality and flexibilty for the program.