PPT97: PowerPoint OLE Objects Ignore Default Template

ID: Q189955

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you use an OLE destination application's Insert Object command to create a new PowerPoint Slide or Presentation object, PowerPoint ignores its Blank Presentation.pot file and opens using its internal default settings.

WORKAROUND

1. In the destination program, click Object on the Insert menu.

2. In the list of available object types, click Microsoft PowerPoint

   Presentation or Microsoft PowerPoint Slide.

3. When your new slide appears, click Apply Design on the Format menu.

4. Switch to the Templates folder and click Blank Presentation.pot.

5. Click Apply.

The PowerPoint object you are creating now follows Blank Presentation.pot.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 8.00 power point powerpt winword ppt95 winppt ppt8

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

Last Reviewed: November 25, 1998