How To Take An Existing Powerpoing Format And Make It Into A Template

If you lot need help knowing where to put a template file so you can employ information technology as described here, see Where template files belong beneath.

Select a template

Select File > New.
Under New, yous can navigate to a personal or workgroup template, Search for a template, or choose a featured template or theme from the gallery.

To navigate to a personal or workgroup template, select the tab next to Featured, which may be named Personal, Shared, or Custom (depending on the circumstance) and then open the folder that contains the template you want.

If yous don't have two tabs to select from nether the Search box, y'all can change that. Run into Where template files belong beneath.
Select the template to encounter a preview of it, so click Create.

The template is practical to the blank presentation.
If you don't have existing slides to import, only begin creating slides in your new file.

If yous have existing slides that y'all desire to use the template to, see the adjacent section.

Apply the template to existing slides, if any

If yous accept existing slides, import them into the new file you created above:

Open the file that contains the existing slides.

Click the thumbnail pane and then select the slides you want:

To select this	Do this
All slides	Press Ctrl+A
A subset of the slides	Press and hold Ctrl while you click the individual slides you want to select

Copy the selected slides (Ctrl+C).
Switch to the new file, right-click the thumbnail pane, and under Paste Options select Apply Destination Theme:

All the copied slides are inserted in the new presentation.

Where template files belong

To be used easily, shop a personal template that y'all've created or a workgroup template for your organization in a standard binder location that Office knows near.

Doing and then makes the template available from File > New in PowerPoint from the tab next to the Featured tab.

Personal templates: see or alter the default location

In PowerPoint, get to File > Options > Relieve.
Under Salvage presentations, see the box named Default personal templates location.

In that location may or may non already be a folder location specified in this box. If a folder is specified, we recommend that yous keep using it. Place your personal template in this folder.

If no folder is specified in that box, we recommend that you employ File Explorer to create the post-obit default personal template folder:

C:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\Custom Office Templates

YourUserName isn't a literal folder name. Use the above folder path name in the Default personal templates location box, but replace YourUserName with any your user proper noun is on this calculator.

Workgroup templates: see or change the default location

Organizations often have a standard network or deject location where templates are stored for anybody to have admission to. Office calls them workgroup templates.

In some cases, no location is specified for Workgroup templates. Continue with the next steps to found a default location.

Open any .docx file in Word.
SelectFile > Options > Advanced > File Locations.

(Coil downward towards the bottom to the General section to find the File Locations button.)
In the File Locations dialog box, annotation the location specified for Workgroup templates.
- If a location proper noun is cut off, select it and click Modify to open a dialog box that will show the total location.
- In some cases, no location is specified for Workgroup templates. Keep with the side by side steps to plant a default location.
To change the default location, select it, and and so click Alter.
In the dialog box that opens, navigate to the folder you lot want to specify as the default location, and so click OK.

In the example of workgroup templates for a big organization, they are typically stored in a network location that all users have access to. For example, the Contoso Consulting company might have a server named "Contoso" with a binder structure like this for templates: \\Contoso\Files\OfficeTemplates.

Start from a custom template

To create a new presentation from a custom template, follow the procedures below.

Select File > Open.
Navigate to the binder where the template file is stored.
Select the template file and and so click Open.
Select File > Save As.
In the dialog box, type a proper noun for your new presentation in the Save Equally box.
In the File Format box, choose PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx).
In the Where box, select the binder you want to save the presentation in.
If you don't have existing slides to import, but begin creating slides in your new file.

If yous accept some existing slides that you desire to apply the template to, meet the department Utilize the new template to existing slides below.

To create a new presentation from a standard PowerPoint template

Select File > New from Template.
Choose a template from the Gallery, and then click Create.
If you don't have existing slides to add together to the new presentation, merely begin creating slides in your new file.

If y'all don't take existing slides to add to the new presentation, see the next section.

Use the new template to existing slides, if whatsoever

If you accept existing slides, import them into the new file yous created above:

Open the file that contains the existing slides.

Click the thumbnail pane and then select the slides you want:

To select this	Do this
All slides	Printing +A
A subset of the slides	Press and hold while you click the private slides yous want to select

Copy the selected slides (+ C).
Switch to the new file, right-click the thumbnail pane, and paste the slides past pressing +V.

All the copied slides are inserted in the new presentation, and they adopt the pattern of its template.
Save the file and then continue creating slides as you lot see fit.

Start from a custom template

To create a new presentation from a custom template, follow the procedures below.

Select File > New from Template.

The PowerPoint Presentation Gallery opens.
On the left, nether Templates, click My Templates.
Select a template file and so click Choose.

A new presentation opens with the selected template attached to it.
Select File > Save As and give your presentation a name and choose the folder you want to save it in.
If you don't have existing slides to import, only brainstorm creating slides in your new file.

If you accept some existing slides that y'all want to use the template to, see the department Apply the new template to existing slides below.

To create a new presentation from a standard PowerPoint template or theme

Select File > New from Template.

The PowerPoint Presentation Gallery opens.
On the left, nether Templates or Themes, click All.
If you don't have existing slides to add to the new presentation, simply begin creating slides in your new file.

If y'all do have existing slides to add to the new presentation, run into the adjacent department, "Utilize the new template to existing slides."

Apply the new template to existing slides, if any

If y'all have existing slides, import them into the new file you created above:

Open the file that contains the existing slides.

Click the thumbnail pane and then select the slides you want:

To select this	Do this
All slides	Press +A
A subset of the slides	Press and agree Shift while you lot click the individual slides you lot want to select

Copy the selected slides (+ C).
Switch to the new file, right-click the thumbnail pane, and paste the slides past pressing +V.

All the copied slides are inserted in the new presentation, and they adopt the design of its template.
Save the file and so continue creating slides every bit you lot run into fit.