Microsoft KB Archive/917649

= You cannot specify a default slide to use for new slides when you add a new slide to a presentation in PowerPoint 2007 =

Article ID: 917649

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

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SYMPTOMS
When you add a new slide to an existing presentation in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you cannot specify a default slide to use for new slides in the presentation.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, change the order in which the slides appear when you add a new slide from the Office Theme box. To do this, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open your presentation in PowerPoint 2007.
 * 2) On the View tab, click Slide Master.
 * 3) In the list of slides, drag the slide that you want to use as the default slide so that it is immediately under the Master slide in the list. The default slide should be the second slide in the list of slides in Slide Master.
 * 4) Click Close Master View.
 * 5) Click New Slide. The slide that you moved in step 3 appears at the top of the list of slides in the Office Theme box.

Note You cannot change the order in which slides appear in the Office Theme box in a new presentation. To work around this behavior, save your new presentation, and then use this procedure.

Additional query words: powerpoint2007 powerpoint2k7 powerpoint12 ppt2007 ppt2k7 ppt12

Keywords: kbtshoot kbtemplate kbprb kbslideshow kbexpertisebeginner KB917649

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