Create and save a PowerPoint template

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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.

   Choose from thousands of free templates to download at Microsoft templates

Newer versionsOffice 2010Office 2007Web

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Create a PowerPoint template

Save your presentation as a PowerPoint template (.potx)

Apply a template to a new presentation

See Also

Create your own theme in PowerPoint

Save a slide design (theme) as a template

Edit, change, or delete a placeholder

What is a slide master?

What is a slide layout?

Create and use your own template in Office for Mac