PPT98: Simulating Use of More Than One Template in PowerPoint

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You can use one of the following three methods for simulating the use of multiple templates in a PowerPoint presentation.

Method 1: Disable Background Objects

This method prevents the graphic portions of the presentation template from appearing on the slide. The background color remains, but you can change it at the same time you disable the background graphics. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Format menu, click Background.
2. Click to select the Omit Background Graphics from Master check box.
3. Click Apply.

Method 2: Save the Slide as a Macintosh PICT

To save the slide as a Macintosh PICT file format, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click New, and then click the Presentation Designs tab.
2. Select the template you want, and click OK. The slide layout is unimportant.
3. On the File menu, click Save As.
4. In the Save File As Type list, click Macintosh Picture (PICT).
5. Click Options.
6. In the Save slides as graphic files panel, click Save Current Slide Only. Click OK.
7. Type a name for the file, and then click OK.
8. Close the new presentation without saving changes, and then return to the working presentation.
9. In Slide view, select the slide to which the second template will apply.
10. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File. Select the PICT file you just created, and click Insert.
11. While the picture is still selected, point to Order (on the Draw menu), and then click Send To Back. The slide now appears to have a different template applied.

NOTE: Text formatting and the color scheme follow the original template.

Method 3: Branching to Another Presentation

If you want to include a series of slides with a different template or slide orientation than your original presentation, you can branch to another presentation. To do this, follow these steps:

1. In Slide view, display the slide from which you want to branch.
2. Select the text or the object you want to branch from.
3. On the Slide Show, click Action Settings.
4. On the Mouse Click tab, click to select Other PowerPoint Presentation from the Hyperlink to: list.
5. Browse to the presentation to which you want to branch, and select it. Click OK.
6. Click the slide you want to start from, then click OK.
7. Click OK.

When you play your presentation, click the hyperlink you created to branch to the second presentation.

After the branched presentation is finished, you will return to the slide in the original presentation from which you branched and continue.