Microsoft KB Archive/285453

= How to remove template listings in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 285453

Article Last Modified on 6/9/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285453



Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



SUMMARY
This article describes how to remove recently used templates from the Most Recently Used (MRU) list at the bottom of the File menu and from the New from template list in the New Presentation task pane in Microsoft PowerPoint.



MORE INFORMATION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

Back up the PowerPoint registry settings
 Quit all Microsoft Office programs. Start Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Click to expand the following subkey in the registry, as appropriate for the version of PowerPoint that you are running:  Microsoft PowerPoint 2002:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\PowerPoint

 Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint

 </li> On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.

Notice that the Export Registry File dialog box appears.</li> In the File name box, type C:\Export to PowerPoint, and then click Save.</li></ol>

Remove templates from the MRU list
To remove an entry from the MRU list, you need to delete the file  data value, and then make sure that the remaining values are in proper numeric order.

Note You must back up the registry settings as explained in the previous section before you remove templates from the MRU list. The following steps begin where the back-up steps left off: <ol> Click the Recent File List subkey of the following registry key, as appropriate for the version of PowerPoint that you are running:  PowerPoint 2002:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\PowerPoint

</li> PowerPoint 2007:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint

</li></ul> </li> In the Name list, click File , where File  corresponds to the template file in the Data list that you want to remove.

Note The values in the Name list are displayed in numeric order.</li> On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then in the Confirm Value Delete message box, click Yes.</li> Rename any values in the Name list that are not in numeric order. To do so, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> In the Name list, right-click the value that you want to rename.</li> On the shortcut menu that appears, click Rename.</li>  Edit the number at the end of File  to place the values in numeric order.

Note The list should resemble the following list: <pre class="fixed_text">  Name        Data (Default)  {value not set} File1      &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate.pot&quot; File2      &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate2.pot&quot; File3      &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate3.pot&quot; </li></ol> </li></ol>

Remove templates from the Templates list in the task pane
To remove a template from the templates list in the task pane, you need to remove the template's friendly name value, listed as friendly , and also remove the corresponding template location value, listed as template , from the registry, and then make sure that the remaining values are properly numbered.

NOTE: You must back up the registry settings as listed above in the &quot;Back Up the PowerPoint Registry Settings&quot; section before removing templates from the MRU list. The following steps begin where the back-up steps left off: <ol> Click the Recent Templates subkey of the following registry key, as appropriate for the version of PowerPoint that you are running:  PowerPoint 2002:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\PowerPoint

</li> PowerPoint 2007:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint

</li></ul> </li> <li>In the Name list, click the Template  value that corresponds to the template in the Data list that you want to remove.

Note The values in the Name list are displayed in alphanumeric order.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then click Yes in the Confirm Value Delete message box.</li> <li>Click the Friendly  value that has the same number as that of the Template  value that you removed in step 4c of the previous section.</li> <li>On the Edit menu, click Delete, and then in the Confirm Value Delete message box, click Yes.</li> <li>Rename any values in the Name list that are not in alphanumeric order. To do so, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> <li>In the Name list, right-click the value that you want to rename.</li> <li>On the shortcut menu that appears, click Rename.</li> <li> Edit the number at the end of Friendly  or of Template  to place the values in alphanumeric order.

Note The list should resemble the following list: <pre class="fixed_text">  Name        Data (Default)  {value not set} Friendly1  &quot;&quot; Friendly2  &quot;Cliff.pot&quot; Template1  &quot;C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Templates\mytemplate1.pot&quot; Template2  &quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\Presentation    Designs\Cliff.pot&quot; </li></ol> </li> <li>Exit Registry Editor.</li> <li>Restart the computer.</li></ol>

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