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[Guest]

I have created a single slide formatted with photos, text, color, etc... that
we want to appear on all slides in a presentation. When I click 'New Slide'
a blank slide appears.

Also, I have saved this as a design template, but it does not appear as a
design option when I click on Design Templates.

Thanks for your help.

 

[Echo S]

You need to put this stuff on the slide master. (View | Master | Slide
Master)

Don't forget to insert a title master while you're in slide master view
(Insert | New title master) if you want your title slides to be formatted
with this stuff as well.

 

[Rick Altman]

Nora, Echo has answered the first part of your question quite succinctly. As
to the second part, I have experienced this frustration myself: a template
not showing up in the task pane immediately after I have just saved it. I
find that the first time you want to apply a newly-created template, you
need to be more explicit. Click the Browse button at the bottom of the task
pane and go find the new template.

Do that once and then it will show up in the task pane from that point
forward...





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[Guest]

Can't argue with Echo - she knows everything and more, but if you mean you
have a photo on the slide rather than in the background, and you want to
change the photo on each slide, that needs a different approach.

If you do not have too many slides, I would cheat and make your first slide,
then dupliacte it as many times as you want. In PPT 2007, click on the image
and choose "Change Picture" (top left in the Adjust section of the ribbon).
Choose your new image. Just double-click on the text to change it.

Terry

 

[Echo S]

Can't argue with Echo - she knows everything and more,

LOL!

(I've been known to screw up, though! And it's really not all that
infrequent!)

but if you mean you
have a photo on the slide rather than in the background, and you want to
change the photo on each slide, that needs a different approach.

If you do not have too many slides, I would cheat and make your first
slide,
then dupliacte it as many times as you want. In PPT 2007, click on the
image
and choose "Change Picture" (top left in the Adjust section of the
ribbon).
Choose your new image. Just double-click on the text to change it.

These are for 2003, but they're probably helpful for users attempting to
create templates -- whether they're photo background or just colors.

http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppcreatemp.html

http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/tutorials.htm (Creating Templates --
under the section PowerPoint Basics)

I should have posted these in my initial response.