PPT2000: New Slide Dialog Box (AutoLayout) Does Not Appear (198210)

CAUSE

There are two reasons this behavior can occur:

You turned off the Show New Slide Dialog option in the Options dialog box.

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The Blank Presentation.pot file, or the template you are using to create the presentation, already has a slide in it.

If you create a new presentation that is based on a presentation that already has a slide, the first slide will have the same AutoLayout as the first slide of the template. Blank Presentation.pot is the template that PowerPoint uses, unless you select a different template.

Verify whether the Show New Slide Dialog option is selected:

On the Tools menu, click Preferences.
Click the General tab.
Verify whether the Show New Slide Dialog check box is selected. If it is not selected, the New Slide dialog box will not appear.

If this check box is selected, but the New Slide dialog box does not appear when you try to create a new presentation, follow these steps:

On the File menu, click Open.
In the Files Of Type list, click Presentation Templates (*.pot).
Choose the file called Blank Presentation.pot located in the Microsoft PowerPoint:Templates folder, and then click Open.
On the Edit menu, click Delete Slide.
On the File menu, click Save As.
In the Save As Type list, click Presentation Templates (*.pot).
Click the existing Blank Presentation.pot file in the folder list box (so that it appears in the File Name box).
Click Save, and then click Yes.

You can also use these steps to delete the slides from other templates that contain slides.