How to unapply a design template in Power Point? in PowerPoint General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   PowerPoint     PowerPoint General Questions              Sarah 10/4/2006 7:06 AM PST   Question   We have an old presentation that has a design template applied to it. We want to un-apply the design template and get rid of the entire design format, not just the color. I Googled this and found that there should be an option for Slide Design under the format menu where I could apply the default.pot design template (which i presume is just blank), but I didn't have that. Am I missing anything or is there another way around this besides copying everything to a new presentation? Thanks!     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Luc 10/4/2006 7:29 AM PST   Answer   Sarah, Don't know what version of PPT you are using, but in PPT 2002/2003 there should be a task pane Slide design, in the available section the blank design should be there. If you choose Format - slide design it should just call the task pane. If you hover over the thumbnails the name of the design will appear. In PPT 2003 slide designs are arranged according to their color blue, green, orange, red, black, white. But I think blank design should be at the very top, at least it is here. -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Sarah" <Sarah@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:1396E11D-4577-40BF-A958-47BC08B12B28@microsoft.com... > We have an old presentation that has a design template applied to it. We > want > to un-apply the design template and get rid of the entire design format, > not > just the color. > > I Googled this and found that there should be an option for Slide Design > under the format menu where I could apply the default.pot design template > (which i presume is just blank), but I didn't have that. Am I missing > anything or is there another way around this besides copying everything to > a > new presentation? > Thanks! >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Luc 10/4/2006 7:48 AM PST   Sarah, Forgot, but this article should be of help also: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00571.htm -- Luc Sanders (MVP - PowerPoint) "Sarah" <Sarah@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht news:1396E11D-4577-40BF-A958-47BC08B12B28@microsoft.com... > We have an old presentation that has a design template applied to it. We > want > to un-apply the design template and get rid of the entire design format, > not > just the color. > > I Googled this and found that there should be an option for Slide Design > under the format menu where I could apply the default.pot design template > (which i presume is just blank), but I didn't have that. Am I missing > anything or is there another way around this besides copying everything to > a > new presentation? > Thanks! >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           John Wilson  10/4/2006 8:10 AM PST   Sarah, are you saying that "slide design" has disappeared from the format menu? To put it back try Tools > customise In the commands tab choose format Locate the "slide design" entry in the menu to the right and drag it onto the format tool bar See if that works -- Did that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html "Sarah" wrote: > We have an old presentation that has a design template applied to it. We want > to un-apply the design template and get rid of the entire design format, not > just the color. > > I Googled this and found that there should be an option for Slide Design > under the format menu where I could apply the default.pot design template > (which i presume is just blank), but I didn't have that. Am I missing > anything or is there another way around this besides copying everything to a > new presentation? > Thanks! >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           John Wilson  10/4/2006 8:13 AM PST   PS If its really not there you can "copy everything to a new presentation" in a flash if you use "insert slides from files" -- Did that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html "Sarah" wrote: > We have an old presentation that has a design template applied to it. We want > to un-apply the design template and get rid of the entire design format, not > just the color. > > I Googled this and found that there should be an option for Slide Design > under the format menu where I could apply the default.pot design template > (which i presume is just blank), but I didn't have that. Am I missing > anything or is there another way around this besides copying everything to a > new presentation? > Thanks! >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies