When I copy a slide withing my presentation to create a similar slide with
the same background I've created (not a master slide), everything pastes
except the background. How do I get it to paste the same background color,
texture, pattern, etc when I paste the slide to a new spot or new
presentation?

What version of PPT are you using?

The background is going to automatically take on the one of the slide
previous to where it was pasted in. In PPT XP-2003 you can tell it to retain
the original background. The easiest solution, because you are working
within one presentation is to simply duplicate the slide with with the
background you desire and then move it to the new position.

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"rockyroad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I copy a slide withing my presentation to create a similar slide with
> the same background I've created (not a master slide), everything pastes
> except the background. How do I get it to paste the same background
> color,
> texture, pattern, etc when I paste the slide to a new spot or new
> presentation?

Right click on the thumbnail of the slide, click Copy.
When pasting onto the new presentation, a clipboard icon will appear at the
bottom right.
Click on it and select "Keep source formatting". See if it helps.
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"rockyroad" wrote:

> When I copy a slide withing my presentation to create a similar slide with
> the same background I've created (not a master slide), everything pastes
> except the background. How do I get it to paste the same background color,
> texture, pattern, etc when I paste the slide to a new spot or new
> presentation?

I'm using PPT 2003. In the old Offce 97 PPT, I could right click, copy, and
then paste and everything would paste, but in 2003 everything except the
background pastes. I'm not using a master slide or a template, but creating
my own backgrounds by right clicking on the slide, clicking background, and
then either a color or fill design and color. When I paste the slides either
within the current slide presentation in 2003 or into another 2003, and also
when I paste the ones I created in 97 to 2003, the background choices I made
for the slide are ignored and I get just a white background. I thank you
both for trying to answer my question, but perhaps I didn't explain well
enough.

"Troy @ TLC Creative" wrote:

> What version of PPT are you using?
>
> The background is going to automatically take on the one of the slide
> previous to where it was pasted in. In PPT XP-2003 you can tell it to retain
> the original background. The easiest solution, because you are working
> within one presentation is to simply duplicate the slide with with the
> background you desire and then move it to the new position.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Troy Chollar
> TLC Creative Services, Inc.
> troy at tlc creative dot com
> www dot tlccreative dot com
> ==================================
> A Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> ==================================
>
> "rockyroad" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:58E4811B-BC89-46CB-8D4F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When I copy a slide withing my presentation to create a similar slide with
> > the same background I've created (not a master slide), everything pastes
> > except the background. How do I get it to paste the same background
> > color,
> > texture, pattern, etc when I paste the slide to a new spot or new
> > presentation?
>
>
>