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Explore how you can use or apply a template in various versions of PowerPoint.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint
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You can apply a template to any new or existing presentation to instantly change the look of your presentation.
PowerPoint 2007: Open an existing presentation and within the Design tab of the Ribbon, choose the Theme group, and click the downward pointing arrow to see the entire Theme Gallery. Click the Browse for Themes option that allows you to apply a PowerPoint template file from Indezine (both *.pot and *.potx) as a theme.
PowerPoint 2002/2003: Open an existing presentation and choose Format | Slide Design. Doing so activates the Slide Design task pane which will display thumbnails of existing templates if you followed instructions above to create an Indezine template folder. Alternatively, just click the Browse... button on the bottom of the pane and navigate using the familiar Apply Design Template dialog box and choose your Indezine template (*.pot) file.
PowerPoint 2000: Open an existing presentation and choose Format | Apply Design Template. Navigate with the resultant dialog box to your Indezine template (*.pot) file.
PowerPoint 97: Open an existing presentation and choose Format | Apply Design. Navigate with the resultant dialog box to your Indezine template (*.pot) file.
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