PPT2000: How to Create (Format) a Default Presentation
| Article ID | : | 198158 |
| Last Review | : | August 6, 2002 |
| Revision | : | 1.0 |
This article was previously published under Q198158
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 version of this article, see 291914 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291914/EN-US/).
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 version of this article, see 190343 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190343/EN-US/).
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 7.0 and earlier version of this article, see 61916 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/61916/EN-US/).
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 version of this article, see 190343 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190343/EN-US/).
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 7.0 and earlier version of this article, see 61916 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/61916/EN-US/).
SUMMARY
This article describes how to establish a set of default formats that
you can use for new presentations. The file you create will be used as
the basis for new presentations, unless you already have a presentation
open. In this case, you can use either the default format or the format
of the active presentation.
MORE INFORMATION
| 1. | Start PowerPoint and open a new presentation. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Set the various defaults to be used for each new presentation. The
following items can be set as defaults:
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| 3. | On the File menu, click Save As. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4. | In the Save As Type list, click Design Templates (*.pot). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Name the file Blank Presentation.pot, and click Save. |
NOTE: If no file location has been set for the Office XP Workgroup Templates, the template will be saved to the following folder
profilespath\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
for example:
C:\Winnt\Profiles\Joe User\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
Profilespath is the location of the profile for the user currently logged in and using Windows. If you are running Microsoft Windows 98, and User Profiles are not enabled, the default folder is:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
