Make ppt themes available to users across the organization‎

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2019-11-27

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_{Wednesday, November 27, 2019 6:07 AM}

Hi,

I am an Office365 admin for my organization. I want to make custom ppt themes and templates available to users across my organization. We use Office 365 ProPlus

Below is a screenshot from PowerPoint where it has a section called "The Leprosy Mission Trust India" (which is the name of my organization). I want to be able to add custom themes to this space. Kindly guide me as to how this can be done.

Thank you

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_{Wednesday, November 27, 2019 9:31 AM}

Hi Joel,

I think you need to use Workgroup templates. Organizations often have a standard network or cloud location where templates are stored for everyone to have access to. Office calls them workgroup templates.

In some cases, no location is specified for Workgroup templates. Continue with the next steps to establish a default location.

Open any .docx file in Word.
Select File > Options > Advanced > File Locations.

(Scroll down towards the bottom to the General section to find the File Locations button.)

In the File Locations dialog box, note the location specified for Workgroup templates.
- If a location name is cut off, select it and click **Modify **to open a dialog box that will show the full location.
- In some cases, no location is specified for Workgroup templates. Continue with the next steps to establish a default location.
To change the default location, select it, and then click Modify.
In the dialog box that opens, navigate to the folder you want to specify as the default location, and then click OK.

In the case of workgroup templates for a large organization, they are typically stored in a network location that all users have access to. For example, the Contoso Consulting company might have a server named "Contoso" with a folder structure like this for templates: \Contoso\Files\OfficeTemplates.

Then you can put your PowerPoint templates with custom themes into the workgroup templates folder and share them across the organization.

If you use GPO, you can download Administrative Template files (ADMX/ADML) and use the setting to specify the folder: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Office 2016\Shared Paths\Workgroup Templates path

It also can be configured in Registry:

Registry Hive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Path	software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general
Value Name	sharedtemplates
Value Type	REG_EXPAND_SZ
Default Value

For more information, read Apply a template to an existing presentation.

If you have any updates or anything unclear, feel free to post back to let up know.

Best Regards,

Herb

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_{Monday, December 2, 2019 1:41 AM}

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