PPT97: How to Restore the Default Design Template

ID: Q189693

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SUMMARY

You can change the look of your PowerPoint presentation by applying different presentation designs (also called design templates). Sometimes you may want to remove or clear the template, or restore a presentation so that it uses the default PowerPoint presentation design format.

To restore the default presentation format, apply the Design Template called Blank Presentation.pot. This template is located in the Msoffice\Templates or C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates folder.

MORE INFORMATION

If Blank Presentation.pot template has been changed or corrupted, you can regenerate a default Blank Presentation.pot by following these steps:

1. Rename the existing Blank Presentation.pot file.

2. Start PowerPoint.

3. In the Startup dialog box, click Blank Presentation, and click OK.

4. In the New Slide dialog box, click one of the AutoLayout choices to 

   select it, and click OK.
5. On the File menu, click Save.

6. Name the file Blank Presentation and click Presentation Templates 

   in the Save As Type list.
7. Ensure that you are about to save to the Templates folder, and 
   then click Save.
This process is similar to the way that earlier versions of PowerPoint provide default formatting. In earlier versions, however, the file that contains the formatting is called Default.ppt rather than Blank Presentation.pot. The .pot extension indicates a PowerPoint template file format.

For additional information about applying templates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q113373
   TITLE     : PPT4: Removing or Restoring Default Template
Additional query words: 8.00 ppt95 ppt7 erase fix undo winppt ppt8 
Keywords          : kbtemplate 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 21, 1998