Use and Create Templates
A PowerPoint template is a pattern or blueprint of a slide or group of slides that you save as a .potx or .pptx file. Templates can contain layouts, colors, fonts, effects, background styles, and even content. You can modify a presentation or existing template, and then save as a template in order to save time creating other presentations in the future with exactly the same in design but new content
Create a New Template Based on Another Template
You can customize an existing template to make it even more useful. Add static information to the existing template, then save the file again (as a template).
1. Do one of the following:
- From the Toolbar, click New from Template button
- From the Menu Bar, click File > choose New from Template
2. In the Presentation Templates Gallery, do the following:
- In the left Navigation Pane, under TEMPLATES, click All
NOTE If you cannot find a template, you can search for a template based on keywords in the Search box
- Click a template that is similar to the one that you want to create, and then click Choose button
3. Add, delete, or change any text, graphics, or formatting, and make any other changes that you want to appear in all new documents that you base on the template.
TIP If you want to make one change to replicate it in several slide layouts, rather than changing each layout or slide individually, you can edit slide masters.
4. From the Menu Bar, click File > choose Save As
5. In the Save As box, type the name that you want to use the new template
6. Unless you select a different location, the template is saved in My Template (/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Templates)
7. Click the Format list down arrow and choose PowerPoint Template (.potx)
8. Click Save button
Create a New Template Based on a Document
1. Open a presentation that you want to create the new template from
2. From the Menu Bar, click File > choose Save As
3. In the Save As box, type the name that you want to use the new template
4. Unless you select a different location, the template is saved in My Template (/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates/My Templates)
5. Click the Format list down arrow and choose PowerPoint Template (.potx)
6. Click Save button
Start with a Template to Create a New Document
1. Do one of the following:
- From the Toolbar, click New from Template button
- From the Menu Bar, click File > choose New from Template
2. In the Presentation Templates Gallery, do the following:
- In the left Navigation Pane, under TEMPLATES, click My Templates
- Select the custom template you want to start with a new document
- In the right Navigation Pane, you can select the colors, font and slide size for the template
- Click Choose button
