Ampler’s Dynamic Slides are predefined layout templates you can insert and swap between — move content from a two-column to a three-column layout, for example, without rebuilding the slide.
Quick answer: Click Slide on the Ampler ribbon and pick a Dynamic slide template, then add text to the placeholders; to change layout, select another Dynamic slide and your content moves across.
How to use it
Insert a Dynamic Slide
Pick a Dynamic slide template and fill in the placeholders.
- Select a predefined Dynamic slide template and click Slide.
- Add your text to the placeholders.
Switch between Dynamic Slides
Change to another layout and the content moves across.
- Navigate to a slide built as a Dynamic slide and click Slides.
- Select a different Dynamic slide layout (for example, two columns to three).
- Add text to any new empty placeholders.
Switching layout keeps your content and moves it into the new structure, so you don’t rebuild the slide.
Keyboard shortcut
Dynamic Slides has no default shortcut. To assign one, open the Settings dropdown on the Ampler ribbon, choose Shortcuts, click Set shortcut on the function, and press your key combination.
Why use it
Deciding a slide should go from two columns to three normally means rebuilding it — new boxes, re-pasted text, re-alignment. Dynamic Slides hold the content in placeholders, so changing to a different predefined layout moves it across for you.
How consultants use it
Consultants build from a set of standard slide layouts and revise structure constantly as the argument firms up. Dynamic Slides make those standard layouts fast to apply and to change. Three habits apply:
- Standard layouts, applied fast: common structures (two- and three-column, and the like) are inserted ready-made.
- Restructure without rebuilding: switching layout carries the content across.
- Consistent slide anatomy: placeholders keep every slide of a type built the same way.
Dynamic Slides make changing a slide’s structure a swap, not a rebuild.
Tips & best practices
- Build recurring slide types as Dynamic Slides so they’re consistent and quick to change.
- Fill the placeholders rather than adding free-floating boxes, so switching keeps the content.
- Pair with the slide master so the Dynamic layouts stay on-brand.
Availability
Included in Ampler for PowerPoint and the Ampler Suite, on Windows desktop PowerPoint.
Frequently asked questions
What are Dynamic Slides in Ampler?
Dynamic Slides are predefined layout templates with placeholders. You insert one and fill it in, and can switch to another layout — the content moves across without rebuilding the slide.
How do you change a slide’s layout without rebuilding it?
Build it as a Dynamic Slide, then select a different Dynamic layout — Ampler moves your placeholder content into the new structure.
How do you insert a Dynamic Slide?
Select a Dynamic slide template and click Slide on the Ampler ribbon, then add text to the placeholders.