Saving as a template

A presentation template is a presentation you can create that can be used to produce frequently used types of presentations more quickly and easily. You could format, for instance, a training presentation, budget report, or photo album with the corporate fonts, company information, and logos, and save the presentation as a template. As the presentation is a template, it allows new presentations to be created based on this template.

To save a presentation as a template, follow the steps as per the preceding example, but change the Save as type: option to PowerPoint Template (*.potx). If you would like the presentation template to be available in the template folder and be accessible through the File | New… templates option, then saving to the correct location is very important. Once you click PowerPoint Template (*.potx) in the Save As dialog box, PowerPoint automatically changes the location to the default personal template folder. This will ensure that the template is available when clicking on the File tab and selecting the New option.