PPT: PowerPoint OLE Objects Ignore Default Template. (120601)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0a
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0c
This article was previously published under Q120601

SYMPTOMS

If you use an OLE destination application's Insert Object command to create a new PowerPoint Slide or Presentation object, PowerPoint ignores its Blank Presentation.pot file (Default.ppt in PowerPoint 4.x) and opens using its internal default settings.

WORKAROUND

PowerPoint 7.0

  1. In the destination program, click Object on the Insert menu.
  2. In the list of available object types, click Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation or Microsoft PowerPoint Slide.
  3. When your new slide appears, click Apply Design Template on the Format menu.
  4. Switch to the Templates folder and click Blank Presentation.pot.
  5. Click Apply.
The PowerPoint object you are creating now follows Blank Presentation.pot.

PowerPoint 4.0, 4.0a, and 4.0c

  1. In the destination program, click Object on the Insert menu.
  2. In the list of available object types, click MS PowerPoint 4.0 Presentation or MS PowerPoint 4.0 Slide.
  3. When your new slide appears, click Presentation Template on the Format menu.
  4. Switch to the Powerpnt folder and click Default.ppt.
  5. Click Apply.
The PowerPoint object you are creating now follows Default.ppt.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:kbprb kbtemplate KB120601
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