The design features in a design template are not applied to a slide in PowerPoint

Consider the following scenario. You create a Microsoft PowerPoint design template. Then, you apply this design template to a slide. In this scenario, the design features in the design template are not applied to the slide.

To resolve this issue, paste the design template into the slide master. To do this, follow these steps:

In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

1. Open the design template that you created. Make sure that you are viewing the slide that contains the design features that you added.
2. On the Home tab, click Select in the Editing group, and then click Select All.
3. On the Home tab, click Copy in the Clipboard group.
4. Click the View tab, and then click Slide Master in the Presentation Views group.
5. Click the Home tab, and then click Paste in the Clipboard group.
6. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save.

In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and in earlier versions of PowerPoint

1. Open the design template that you created. Make sure that you are viewing the slide that contains the design features that you added.
2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
3. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
4. On the View menu, click Normal.
5. On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.
6. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
7. On the File menu, click Save.

If the design template contains a background picture, save the background picture as a picture. Then, add the picture to the slide master as a background picture. To add a background picture to the slide master, follow these steps:

In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

1. On the View tab, click Slide Master in the Presentation Views group.
2. On the Slide Master tab, click Background Styles in the Background group, and then click Format Background.
3. In the Format Background dialog box, click Picture or texture fill.
4. In the Insert from: section, click File, locate the picture that you want to use as a background, and then click Insert.
5. Click Apply to All to apply the background image to all slides.
6. Click Close.

In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and in earlier versions of PowerPoint

1. On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.
2. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
3. Click the picture that you want to add, and then click OK.
4. Right-click the picture, point to Order, and then click Send to back.

By default, when you create a design template, PowerPoint saves the design template in the following folder: Note In this folder path, Username is the logon name of the user.

After you quit and restart PowerPoint, the new design template is available in the Slide Design task pane. The design templates are listed in alphabetical order under Available For Use.

For more information about how to create a design template in PowerPoint 2002 or in PowerPoint 2000, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: