Microsoft KB Archive/121955

PPT4: Saving Default Settings in Mac PowerPoint 4.0

PSS ID Number: Q121955 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

macintosh:4.0

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

After you save your presentation as “Default Presentation,” as instructed by the “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide,” the formatting you selected does not apply to the new presentations that you createe. This is due to a documentation error.

= RESOLUTION =

To make a presentation your default template, save it as DEFAULT.PPT. This file must be saved in the same folder as the PowerPoint 4.0 application, or it will not be accessed by PowerPoint 4.0.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Page 32 of the “Microsoft PowerPoint User’s Guide” for version 4.0 incorrectly instructs you to name the file “Default Presentation” (without quotation marks).

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