The templates I made are not working?

[LindseyShattuck]

I'm making a slide show, so for the backgrounds I took some pictures I had
and did that wash effect....then I opened a new file and selected background,
and then fill....I did a save as and saved them in the design templates.
When I go to make my slide show and click on design all of the ones I made
show up, but when I actually try to apply it to the slide....the slide stays
blank.....only one of the templates I made works....and since I did them all
the same I'm not sure what I did or how to fix it so I can use them. Any
help or ideas would be great. Thanks

 

[John Wilson]

Did you apply the background to the master slide?

View > master >slide master

Apply background and resave as a .pot file.
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[LindseyShattuck]

So I just retried making one and that's what I didn't do.....I didn't apply
all of them to the master....just the first one.....I made about 25
templates, is there a way to fix them or do I have to remake all of them?

 

[John Wilson]

Depends

Can you open and get a slide with the background set?

If so right click on the slide > background and apply to all.
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[John Wilson]

Just checked . it should work

Open powerpoint
File > open

navigate to

c:\documents and settings\your name\application data\microsoft\templates
and open a template that youve made and then do as in last post
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[LindseyShattuck]

no...I tried to do what you just offered and it didn't work....I also clicked
on designs (and then it pulls all of your templates up on the right) I tried
picking one that I made (they show up in that spot) and then clicked on apply
to all slides, but the slides just stay blank....even when I pull up a new
file and go to the Master slide...my templates show up there to use as
designs...I just can't get them to apply to the actual slide...or the master
slide to resave it

 

[LindseyShattuck]

Ok, I can open some of them...(there is a few that open blank...) anyhow I'm
not sure what to do next....once it opens how do I apply it to the master so
it will work when ever I open a file and need to use it

 

[John Wilson]

You wont be able to get them to apply as designs but if you saved with a
slide with a background you should be able to open in powerpoint as a
standard powerpoint and then right click >choose background >apply to all
(not apply) should work.
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[LindseyShattuck]

I just got it.......thanks so much for helping me and the quick
responses.....I've been so frustrated trying to do this by myself for the
last 3-4 hours....Thanks!!!!!

 

[John Wilson]

Glad to help!

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Microsoft Certified Office Specialist