PowerPoint 2016 - How do I replace "Blank Presentation"?

Question

_{Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:14 PM}

Hi Everyone, 

I'm trying to deploy a PowerPoint Template to a few hundred machines. I've have used a GPO to change the settings for "Personal Template Folder" and added templates there  so I can select it. But how do I replace the default "Blank Presentation" with that PowerPoint template (potx)?

Best Regards, 
Eric

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_{Friday, January 20, 2017 9:13 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi Eric,

We have no way to replace this "Blank Presentation", but we can add your template as a "Default Theme" which will be placed in the first place (before the "Blank Presentation" template).

Just rename your template to "Blank.potx", then copy it to the following path:

C:\Users\UserName]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates.

For enterprise deployment, you can copy the file via a script and deploy it as a user logon script via Group Policy. The effect is like this:

Hope this meets your requirement.

Regards,

Ethan Hua

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_{Friday, January 20, 2017 2:35 PM}

Thank you!

I will try that. 

_{Saturday, January 21, 2017 5:29 AM}

You're welcome!

Regards,

Ethan Hua

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_{Wednesday, August 9, 2017 4:44 PM}

HI there is this possible to do on Mac?

_{Wednesday, June 27, 2018 3:07 PM}

Hi, Ethan -

Looks like things have changed since you answered January 2017. AppData is no longer under UserName, nor is Microsoft/Templates under Roaming. Would you update your solution, please? MS has really hidden the folder.

Thank you!

Julie

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