Templates

[Sportfreak]

Can I remove a template from an existing slideshow?
I want to remove a template so I don't have any template at all (just a
blank background).
Thanks.

[Echo S]

You'd have to reapply the blank presentation template, Sportfreak. Or
you can just recolor your background to white by going to
Format/Background and using "Apply to All."

Echo

[Sportfreak]

Thanks for your answer!

Sportfreak

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Hi,

This is an answer I have been looking for, so thanks!

Is the blank template normally listed in the folder for Design Templates, do
you have to go to the application data, etc. route?

Thanks

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[Echo S]

Man, I knew you were going to ask that, and I'm blank template
challenged. I have a blank presentation.pot in my folder, C:\program
files\microsoft office\templates (Office97), but I'm not sure there's a
blank presentation.pot by default. You might have to open a new blank
presentation in PPT and do a Save As Template to get one.

Can one of you blank template-knowledgeable people hop in and save me?
<g>

Echo

[sonia]

For a new presentation, PPT will internally generate a blank.pot, if one doesn't exist on the hard
drive. However, to change the template of an existing presentation, you would have to first open
PowerPoint, Blank presentation. Go to View Master > Slide Master and then go to Insert > New Title
Master. Then go to Files > Save As, enter .pot as the type, enter Blank Presentation and the
filename and click okay. (Note: Don't change the directory location.) Then do a File > Close.

Open the presentation that you want to change to the Blank Presentation.pot. Go to Format > Apply
Design Template and select your Blank Presentation.pot which will appear in the list of choices.
Select "Apply" from the dialogue and you're done.

The above is for PPT2K, but it should be basically the same in PPT97. I'll give it a test and post
back if there are any significant differences.

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[sonia]

Actually, there seems to be a slight difference in PPT97. There is already a Blank Presentation.pot
file installed in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates folder. This, of course, may be
different if you didn't install Office on your C drive. So you can skip what I said in paragraph 1.

In paragraph 2, you may need to navigate to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates folder
in the Save As dialogue.

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[Echo S]

Actually, what I was thinking is that Steve said something about blank
presentation.pot being a leftover from Office97. If you install PPT2k
"clean," there's no blank template.

Steve? Do I have that right?

Echo

[Steve Rindsberg]

> Actually, what I was thinking is that Steve said something about blank
> presentation.pot being a leftover from Office97. If you install PPT2k
> "clean," there's no blank template.
>
> Steve? Do I have that right?

I think so. That is:

Install PPT97 clean, get a pre-made Blank Presentation.POT file
Install 2000 clean, get NO Blank Presentation.POT file

What happens when you install PPT2K atop/next to/during the same week/in the
same computerlifetime as an existing PPT97 ... dunno.

[Echo S]

Steve Rindsberg wrote:
> Install PPT97 clean, get a pre-made Blank Presentation.POT file
> Install 2000 clean, get NO Blank Presentation.POT file
>
> What happens when you install PPT2K atop/next to/during the same week/in the
> same computerlifetime as an existing PPT97 ... dunno.

I *think* Blank Presentation.POT sticks around then.

So anyway, in response to the original question (Is the blank template

normally listed in the folder for Design Templates, do you have to go to

the application data, etc. route?), depending on your setup, the blank
template might be in the templates folder. Or it might not, in which
case you need to create one.

Gotta love those kinds of answers, dontcha? <G>

Echo

[Steve Rindsberg]

> So anyway, in response to the original question (Is the blank template
> normally listed in the folder for Design Templates, do you have to go to
> the application data, etc. route?), depending on your setup, the blank
> template might be in the templates folder. Or it might not, in which
> case you need to create one.
>

"Yes and no."

Is that the answer you wanted?

"42"

Better?

"The butler, in the pantry with a candlestick"

?

Akshly ... um yeah. If there's one there, for whatever reason, it'll use
it. If not, ya make one.

[Steve Rindsberg]

> Then, whenever they wish to revert back to the blank from an already
applied
> design template, they can just double-click the design name on the status
> bar and select the blank presentation template.

Good!

I'd also show them that they can first set some defaults and so forth before
saving Blank Presentation.POT so they don't have to re-do that every time.

[Tere Fredericks]

What I do is simply put a blank text box over the parts of the template I
don't want, change to No Line, and fill it with white (or whatever color
your background is). Since I'm basically lazy, this works for me!

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