New templates don't show in New From Template

[Walter Donavan]

PPT 02. I downloaded a couple of cool templates from the Microsoft Office
templates site. I put them in the templates folder where all the other *.POT
files are. But they don't show in PPT when I choose New From Template, so I
can't use them.

???

 

[Sonia]

Yes you can. At the bottom of the task pane there is an icon and the word
"Browse". Click on it and you can select any POT file on your system.

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Also, if you downloaded the new templates from Microsoft that have been
provided by ThemeGallery, you'll find that they are not POT files - rather
regular PPT files.


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Geetesh Bajaj, Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
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Technical Specialist, PowerPoint Live
http://www.powerpointlive.com

 

[Walter Donavan]

Yes. They work fine. And they are far better, IMO, than the ones that come
with PPT. Thanks to you both. May the PowerPoint Fairy bless you both.

 

[Walter Donavan]

Btw, here's where I got the templates.

http://office.microsoft.com/templates/default.aspx

 

[Sonia]

Changes to templates must be made in View > Master > Slide Master mode and then
saved from there. I suspect that you modified the template in Normal mode.

(Next time please post new questions to a new thread.)