New Template

[Tom Yaguchi]

-----Original Message-----
I'm trying to create a new template. The help in
Powerpoint does not make a reference
.

Hi Robert,
Here are a couple of instructions which may be of
additonal help (I'm also sending this to your email
address; might be easier to read there than in this
format:

Save a presentation as a template
When you create a new template, it appears in the Slide
Design task pane the next time you open Microsoft
PowerPoint, in alphabetical order under Available for Use.
1. On the File menu, click New.
2. In the New Presentation task pane, under New from
existing presentation, click Choose presentation, select
the presentation you want, and then click Create New.
(This preserves your original presentation.)
3. Delete any text, slides, or design elements that
you don't want to be part of the new template, and apply
any changes that you do want in the template.
4. On the File menu, click Save As.
5. In the File name box, type a name for your
template.
6. In the Save as type box, click Design Template.
7. Click Save.
Or.
Create a presentation using a design template
1. If the New Presentation task pane isn't
displayed, on the File menu, click New.
2. Under New, click From Design Template.
3. In the Slide Design task pane, click a design
template that you'd like to apply.
4. If you want to keep the default title layout for
the first slide, go to step 5. If you want a different
layout for the first slide, on the Format menu, click
Slide Layout, and then click the layout you want.
5. On the slide or on the Outline tab, type the text
for the first slide.
6. To insert a new slide, on the toolbar, click New
Slide , and click the layout you want for the slide.
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to keep adding slides, and
add any other design elements or effects you want.
8. To save the presentation, on the File menu, click
Save; in the File name box type a name for the
presentation, and then click Save.
Note If you have created a template, it will appear, in
alphabetical order according to what you named it, among
the Microsoft PowerPoint templates in the Slide Design
task pane.

Regards,
Tom Yaguchi
Microsoft.com Product Designer