PPT2001: Using Macros Stored in Templates (274746)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q274746

SUMMARY

When you use a template that contains one or more Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros, those macros may or may not be added to your current presentation. There are two different ways that you can use a template in PowerPoint. One method includes macros, the other does not.

MORE INFORMATION

Template with Macros

  1. If PowerPoint is already running, click New Presentation on the File menu. If it is not already running, start PowerPoint. In the left pane of the Project Gallery dialog box, click Presentations, and then click Content.
  2. In the list of available templates, click the template that you want to use. Click OK.
  3. If you have already created some slides that you want to use in this presentation, you can add them to this new presentation by clicking Slides from File on the Insert menu.

Template Without Macros

  1. Create one or more slides in a new presentation.
  2. On the Format menu, click Apply Design Template.
  3. In the list of available templates, click the template that you want to use.
PowerPoint stores macros as part of a presentation file. When you create a new presentation based on a template, you are essentially opening an untitled copy of the template file. This copy contains all the slides and macro code contained in the template. When you apply a template to an existing presentation, only the information from the Slide, Title, Notes Pages, and Handout masters is added to the presentation. The macro code is not added.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
Keywords:kbinfo kbmacro kbtemplate KB274746
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