New slide gives the wrong layout

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Someone sent me a blank slide as a ppt file and said we were to use that as the standard for a presentation. Several things happened. I saved it as a 'Blank Presentation.pot' and also saved it as a design template. I opened my already created presentation and tried to apply the design template but it won't change my existing format.
I decided to create a new blank presentation where I would cut n paste my content to new slides - however, when i add a new slide it just adds a slide with an old format. What can I do. Several people will be sending me thir slides and I am supposed to apply a common look to them all and I don't want to cut n paste every single slide. Help please.
 
Are you copying the slide to the master slide before you save it as the
template? If not, try that and see if it helps :)

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RC said:
Someone sent me a blank slide as a ppt file and said we were to use that
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as the standard for a presentation. Several things happened. I saved it as a
'Blank Presentation.pot' and also saved it as a design template. I opened my
already created presentation and tried to apply the design template but it
won't change my existing format.
I decided to create a new blank presentation where I would cut n paste my
Click to expand...
content to new slides - however, when i add a new slide it just adds a slide
with an old format. What can I do. Several people will be sending me thir
slides and I am supposed to apply a common look to them all and I don't want
to cut n paste every single slide. Help please.
 
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Hello,

The built-in help for PowerPoint includes some instructions for how to
create new (or customize existing) templates (designs, masters). Did you
find this information insufficient or too difficult to locate (we are
always looking for ways to improve our built-in product assistance)?

The main thing to remember is that editing/creating custom design templates
is just like editing a slide EXCEPT that you edit the Slide/Title master(s)
(Use: View -> Master -> Slide Master) instead of editing the actual slides
(Do NOT use: View -> Slide, or View -> Normal).

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