Q61916: PPT: How to Create (Format) a Default Presentation

Article: Q61916
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbdta kbtemplate kbformat
Last Modified: 19-APR-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c 
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For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 version of this article, see Q291914.

For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 version of this article, see Q198158.

For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 version of this article, see Q190343.

SUMMARY
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This article describes how to establish a set of default formats that you can
use for new presentations. The file you create will be used as the basis for new
presentations, unless you already have a presentation open. In this case, you
can use either the default format or the format of the active presentation.

MORE INFORMATION
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To establish a set of default formats that you can use for new presentations,
use the appropriate method for your version of PowerPoint.

Method 1: If You Are Using PowerPoint 7.0
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1. Start PowerPoint and open a new presentation.

2. Set the various defaults to be used for each new presentation. The following
  items can be set as defaults:
   - Slide size.

   - Slide orientation.

   - Color scheme.

   - Colors for fill, line, shadow, pattern contrast, and text.

   - Text styles.

   - Object attributes (opaque, framed, filled, shadowed, sized to text,
     pattern, line style, and arrowhead).

   - Defaults for text, label, or word processing objects (indents, tabs, line
     spacing, and so on) on the Slide Master, Notes Master, and Handout Page.

   - Printer settings for slides, notes, and handouts.

   - Initial view (slides, notes, Slide Master, Title Master, Notes Master,
     Handout Page, Title Sorter, or Slide Sorter).

3. On the File menu, click Save As.

4. From the Save As Type list, click Presentation Templates (*.pot).

5. Name the file "Blank Presentation.pot," and save it in the PowerPoint
  Templates folder.

This file will now be used as the basis for all new presentations.

PowerPoint 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x
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1. Start PowerPoint and open a new presentation.

2. Set the various defaults to be used for each new presentation. The following
  items can be set as defaults:
   - Slide size.

   - Slide orientation.

   - Color scheme.

   - Colors for fill, line, shadow, pattern contrast, and text.

   - Text styles.

   - Object attributes (opaque, framed, filled, shadowed, sized to text,
     pattern, line style, and arrowhead).

   - Defaults for text, label, or word processing objects (indents, tabs, line
     spacing, and so on) on the Slide Master, Notes Master, and Handout Page.

   - Printer settings for slides, notes, and handouts.

   - Initial view (slides, notes, Slide Master, Title Master, Notes Master,
     Handout Page, Title Sorter, or Slide Sorter).

3. On the File menu, click Save As.

4. Save the file under the name Default.ppt in the folder that contains
  PowerPoint.

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:

  Q58323 PPT: Setting Default Attributes for Slide Objects

Additional query words: 2.00 4.00a 4.00c winppt ppt95

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Keywords          : kbusage kbdta kbtemplate kbformat 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt300 kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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