PPT97: Default Formatting Not Applied to Every New Presentation

ID: Q190398

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SUMMARY

If you add objects (logos, specific text, and so on) to your default PowerPoint template, the objects appear only in new presentations that you create based on this template. If you create a presentation based on a different template, those objects are not created automatically.

There are five methods you can use to create a new PowerPoint presentation. Only two of them automatically use the default template.

MORE INFORMATION

The PowerPoint Startup dialog box gives you three choices for a new presentation:

Of these three choices, only the Blank Presentation choice uses the default template.

You can also create a new presentation by clicking New on the File menu. When you do this, you can choose the template you want for the new presentation; Blank Presentation is not selected automatically. In contrast, if you click the New button on the Standard Toolbar, your presentation will be based on Blank Presentation.

A presentation created using a presentation template other than Blank Presentation won't contain user-added items (unless you added the items to that template file).

Additional query words: 8.00 powerpnt w_powerpt w_powerpnt ppt8 

Keywords          : kbtemplate kbformat 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 22, 1998