Apply a template to an existing presentation

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When you want to apply a template, either to a new or existing presentation, start fresh with a blank presentation.

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If you need help knowing where to put a template file so you can apply it as described here, see Where template files belong below. 

Select a template

1. Select File > New.

2. Under New, you can navigate to a personal or workgroup template, Search for a template, or choose a featured template or theme from the gallery.

   To navigate to a personal or workgroup template, select the tab next to Featured, which may be named Personal, Shared, or Custom (depending on the circumstance) and then open the folder that contains the template you want.

   If you don't have two tabs to select from under the Search box, you can change that. See Where template files belong below.

3. Select the template to see a preview of it, then click Create.

   The template is applied to the blank presentation.

4. If you don't have existing slides to import, simply begin creating slides in your new file.

   If you have existing slides that you want to apply the template to, see the next section.

Apply the template to existing slides, if any

If you have existing slides, import them into the new file you created above:

1. Open the file that contains the existing slides.

2. Click the thumbnail pane and then select the slides you want: 

   To select this

   Do this

   All slides

   Press Ctrl+A

   A subset of the slides

   Press and hold Ctrl while you click the individual slides you want to select

3. Copy the selected slides (Ctrl+C).

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