Microsoft KB Archive/61916

= PPT: How to Create (Format) a Default Presentation =

Article ID: 61916

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 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 Q61916



For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 version of this article, see 291914.

For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 version of this article, see 198158.

For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 version of this article, see 190343.



SUMMARY
This article describes how to establish a set of default formats that you can use for new presentations. The file you create will be used as the basis for new presentations, unless you already have a presentation open. In this case, you can use either the default format or the format of the active presentation.



MORE INFORMATION
To establish a set of default formats that you can use for new presentations, use the appropriate method for your version of PowerPoint.

Method 1: If You Are Using PowerPoint 7.0

 * 1) Start PowerPoint and open a new presentation.
 * 2) Set the various defaults to be used for each new presentation. The following items can be set as defaults:
 * 3) * Slide size.
 * 4) * Slide orientation.
 * 5) * Color scheme.
 * 6) * Colors for fill, line, shadow, pattern contrast, and text.
 * 7) * Text styles.
 * 8) * Object attributes (opaque, framed, filled, shadowed, sized to text, pattern, line style, and arrowhead).
 * 9) * Defaults for text, label, or word processing objects (indents, tabs, line spacing, and so on) on the Slide Master, Notes Master, and Handout Page.
 * 10) * Printer settings for slides, notes, and handouts.
 * 11) * Initial view (slides, notes, Slide Master, Title Master, Notes Master, Handout Page, Title Sorter, or Slide Sorter).
 * 12) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 13) From the Save As Type list, click Presentation Templates (*.pot).
 * 14) Name the file &quot;Blank Presentation.pot,&quot; and save it in the PowerPoint Templates folder.

This file will now be used as the basis for all new presentations.

PowerPoint 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x

 * 1) Start PowerPoint and open a new presentation.
 * 2) Set the various defaults to be used for each new presentation. The following items can be set as defaults:
 * 3) * Slide size.
 * 4) * Slide orientation.
 * 5) * Color scheme.
 * 6) * Colors for fill, line, shadow, pattern contrast, and text.
 * 7) * Text styles.
 * 8) * Object attributes (opaque, framed, filled, shadowed, sized to text, pattern, line style, and arrowhead).
 * 9) * Defaults for text, label, or word processing objects (indents, tabs, line spacing, and so on) on the Slide Master, Notes Master, and Handout Page.
 * 10) * Printer settings for slides, notes, and handouts.
 * 11) * Initial view (slides, notes, Slide Master, Title Master, Notes Master, Handout Page, Title Sorter, or Slide Sorter).
 * 12) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 13) Save the file under the name Default.ppt in the folder that contains PowerPoint.

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

58323 PPT: Setting Default Attributes for Slide Objects

Additional query words: 2.00 4.00a 4.00c winppt ppt95

Keywords: kbformat kbhowto kbtemplate kbusage KB61916

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