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Q113015: PPT: Applying Template Does Not Affect Slide Setup

Article: Q113015
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:3.0,4.0; WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage kbtemplate
Last Modified: 21-MAR-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 
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh, versions 3.0, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you apply a template to an existing presentation file, the settings in the
Slide Setup dialog box for the presentation are not altered. For example, if the
template has a portrait orientation for its slides and you apply that template
to a presentation whose slides have a landscape orientation, the orientation is
not changed.

All of the other Slide Setup options remain unchanged as well:

  Slides Sized For
  Width
  Height
  Number Slide From
  Orientation

The Apply Template (version 3.0) and Presentation Template (version 4.0) commands
are designed to transfer the contents and formatting of the masters from one
presentation to another presentation.

RESOLUTION
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If you want to change an entire presentation based on an existing file's
template (masters) and Slide Setup, do one of the following:

- Either apply the template and then change the Slide Setup of the presentation
  to match the Slide Setup of the file used as a Template.

  -or-

- Copy all of the slides from the presentation to a new presentation that has
  the same master and Slide Setup as the template.

Additional query words: 3.00 4.00 4.00a 4.00c 7.00 powerpt winppt macppt

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Keywords          : kbusage kbtemplate 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerptMacSearch kbPowerPt700Search kbPowerPt400 kbPowerPt300Mac kbPowerPt400Mac kbPowerPt300 kbPowerPt400c kbPowerPt400a
Version           : MACINTOSH:3.0,4.0; WINDOWS:3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c,7.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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