Microsoft KB Archive/120601

= PPT: PowerPoint OLE Objects Ignore Default Template. =

Article ID: 120601

Article Last Modified on 8/16/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c

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This article was previously published under Q120601



SYMPTOMS
If you use an OLE destination application's Insert Object command to create a new PowerPoint Slide or Presentation object, PowerPoint ignores its Blank Presentation.pot file (Default.ppt in PowerPoint 4.x) and opens using its internal default settings.



PowerPoint 7.0

 * 1) In the destination program, click Object on the Insert menu.
 * 2) In the list of available object types, click Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation or Microsoft PowerPoint Slide.
 * 3) When your new slide appears, click Apply Design Template on the Format menu.
 * 4) Switch to the Templates folder and click Blank Presentation.pot.
 * 5) Click Apply.

The PowerPoint object you are creating now follows Blank Presentation.pot.

PowerPoint 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c

 * 1) In the destination program, click Object on the Insert menu.
 * 2) In the list of available object types, click MS PowerPoint 4.0 Presentation or MS PowerPoint 4.0 Slide.
 * 3) When your new slide appears, click Presentation Template on the Format menu.
 * 4) Switch to the Powerpnt folder and click Default.ppt.
 * 5) Click Apply.

The PowerPoint object you are creating now follows Default.ppt.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 4.00a 4.00c power point powerpt winword ppt95 winppt word95

Keywords: kbtemplate kbprb KB120601

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