Where are the powerpoint templates on my hard drive?

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Topic: Where are the powerpoint templates on my hard drive?

Posted By: Abigail
Subject: Where are the powerpoint templates on my hard drive?
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 06:01

Where are powerpoint templates located on my hard drive?

I want to browse my powerpoint templates, but i don't know where to find them, I have searched for .ppt files but i can't see any templates.

Does anyone know where powerpoint templates are saved?

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Posted By: admin
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 06:10

Hi Abigail and welcome to the 123PPT Community!

Normally PowerPoint saves your PowerPoint templates in the folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\Presentation Designs\

The file extension of a PowerPoint template is not .PPT, but .POT or .POTX in newer versions of PowerPoint such as PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010 which perhaps explains why you were unable to find any design templates in your search Abigail.

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Posted By: Abigail
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 06:12

Thank you admin.

One more question. If i make my own powerpoint templates, can I browse them using powerpoint or must i use explorer?

Posted By: admin
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 06:28

Browsing the PowerPoint templates saved within the templates directory Abigail depends on the version of PowerPoint installed on your machine:

PowerPoint 2000, 2002 and PowerPoint 2003

Click on Format in the main menu and select Slide Design from the drop down menu.

The Design Template pane opens displaying all the PowerPoint design templates in your templates folder.

PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010

Click on Design in the main menu and select from the available Themes to update your PowerPoint presentation and slide content with the PowerPoint template design.

If you have saved your PowerPoint template design in a different folder, or in another location on your local hard drive or network, click on "Browse" at the bottom of the Design Template pane in PowerPoint 2000, 2002 or PowerPoint 2003.

In PowerPoint 2007 and PowerPoint 2010 you can simply scroll to the end of the thumbnails in Themes and select the Browse For Themes option which will allow you to browse your hard drive to locate your own PowerPoint template designs.

Hope this helps Abigail.

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Posted By: Abigail
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2011 at 06:30

Yes admin. You helped so much. Thank you.