OK, thanks Bob! I'll give it a try and see how it goes.
> Hi Barbara -
>
> Sorry if you got the wrong impression, but your issue isn't quite the
same
> as Heather's - she's found that she *can* still use her old Design
Templates
> (.pot) but no longer has the ability to preview them before applying.
They
> do not appear in the Elements Gallery -Slide Themes & don't provide a
> preview in the Open or Browse dialogs, but that can be addressed.
>
> The short-term solution for you is to use the Browse button in the
> Formatting Palette - Do***ent Theme section or the one in Elements
Gallery -
> Slide Themes section. Navigate to where the templates are stored &
select
> the one you want to apply to the slides. For the long-term...
>
> In order to actually have them appear in the Elements Gallery as Custom
> Themes, however, they have to be saved as Do***ent Themes (.thmx) in the
> default My Themes folder. They can also be saved in the same location as
the
> Built-in themes. In either location they must be saved in .thmx format
in
> order to appear in the Gallery - IOW you can't just move the .pot files
> and/or just change their extension.
>
> Once you apply or Open one of the Design Templates you can use the
> Formatting Palette -Do***ent Theme - Save Theme feature to create a
Do***ent
> Theme based on the Design Template.
>
> HTH |:>)
> Bob Jones
> [MVP] Office:Mac
>
>
>
> On 4/28/08 5:34 PM, in article ee998f4.2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Barbara@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" wrote:
>
> > I have the same issue as Heather. In the past, I believe I have been
able to
> > use Design Templates either for new presentations or to change the
design of
> > an existing presentation. In the current version it appears we cannot
do that.
> > However, I have 30 existing custom templates that are company branded,
and I
> > want to be able to change out the design when desired for existing PP
> > presentations.
> > Is this not possible anymore with the new version of Office for Mac?
Is there
> > a way of converting existing template files to "themes" and having
them
> > accessible in the "Custom Themes" tab?
> > Please don't force me back to my PC. It is frustrating that easy
functions
> > have been made more complicated or removed altogether on the Mac side.
>
>
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