A PowerPoint template is a pattern or blueprint of a slide or group of slides that you save as a .potx file. Templates can contain layouts, colors, fonts, effects, background styles, and even content.

When you create a presentation and then save it as a PowerPoint template (.potx) file, you can share it with your colleagues and reuse it again. To create a template, you'll need to modify a slide master and a set of slide layouts.

Got a custom template you want to use in PowerPoint? Did you receive a template, via download, email, or other method, that you'd like to add to PowerPoint? Copy or save your template (.potx) file to the Templates folder at: C:\Users\< UserName> \Documents\Custom Office Templates\

Even if you have existing slides, we recommend that you apply a template to it by starting fresh with the template and then importing the existing slides into the new, fresh template. This process helps to ensure that everything in your presentation (especially things you haven't created yet) adopts the look and formatting prescribed by the ...

If you create a slide design (theme) and you want to save it as a template (.potx file), simply do the following: Open the presentation that contains the slide design (theme) that you want to save as a template. Select File > Save As. Browse to C:\Users\ <your username> \Documents\Custom Office Templates.

To reuse a chart you customized, you can save it as a chart template (*.crtx). Right-click the chart, and select Save as Template. In the File name box, type an appropriate name for the chart template. Click Save. The chart template automatically appears in the Templates folder for charts.

Learn how to find your custom templates created with earlier versions of Office and access a custom templates location.

Find and download free templates to create documents like calendars, business cards, letters, greeting cards, brochures, newsletters, or resumes.

To update your template, open the file, make the changes you want, and then save the template. In Microsoft Word, you can create a template by saving a document as a .dotx file, .dot file, or a .dotm fie (a .dotm file type allows you to enable macros in the file).

Standard Office design templates for presentations are available in PowerPoint for the web by choosing File > New. Click the thumbnail image of a template to open it and get started. Presentation templates usually come in the .potx file format.