Use Master Templates

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If your empower® Administrators have set a company default master or if you have set a personal default master, this master is set as your default theme in PowerPoint.

If you open PowerPoint, you can select the default theme in the presentation gallery.

Alternatively, you can decide not to display the presentation gallery when opening PowerPoint. In this case, a new presentation is opened directly and your default theme is applied automatically.

To do so, untick the checkbox for Open Presentation Gallery when opening PowerPoint under PowerPoint > Preferences > General.

If you have not set a personal default and your administrators have also not set a company default, the blank theme is your default theme.

In this case, you can select a master from the empower® Library and create a new presentation from within the empower® Library.

Note

For further information regarding the creation of a new presentation from the empower® Ribbon, see Create a New Presentation.

For further information regarding the creation of a new presentation directly from the empower® Library, see Create New Content in Library.

Define Default Master

There are two types of default masters:

  • Company default master

  • Personal default master

The company default master is set by your empower® Administrators to avoid selecting a master template each time you open PowerPoint.

If a master has been defined as company default, the label Company Default is displayed in its thumbnail (Figure 1, “Label for Company Default”).

Figure 1. Label for Company Default

Label for Company Default

In addition, you can set your personal default master via the user interface.

To do so, follow the following steps:

  1. Open the empower® Library.

    1. In the section Design Templates, navigate to the subsection Master Templates (Figure 2, “Section Master Templates”).

    2. Right-click on the master template you want to define as your default.

      A context menu opens.

    Figure 2. Section Master Templates

    Section Master Templates

    1. In the context menu, hover over the option Default Master (Figure 3, “Context Menu Options” (1)).

      Further options become visible.

    2. Choose the option Set as Default Master (Figure 3, “Context Menu Options” (2)).

    Figure 3. Context Menu Options

    Context Menu Options

    If you have defined a master template as your personal default, the label User Default is displayed in its thumbnail (Figure 4, “Label for Personal Default”).

    In addition, the icon next to the file name changes.

    Figure 4. Label for Personal Default

    Label for Personal Default

    To reset your changes and use the company default again, follow the following steps:

    1. Open the empower® Library.

      1. In the section Design Templates, navigate to the subsection Master Templates.

      2. Right-click on the company default master template.

        A context menu opens.

      1. In the context menu, hover over the option Default Master.

        Further options become visible.

      2. Choose the option Set as Default Master.

      Note

      Alternatively, you can access the option Set as Default Master in the navigation bar under Default Master.

      Note

      empower® always uses the template that was last set as the default template for you. If your empower® Administrators set a master template as the company default and you then select your own default master, your own default master will be used.

      Set Company Default

      Label_For_Administrators.svg

      If you have been granted admin permissions, you can set a company default master template that will be used for the whole company.

      To do so, follow the following steps:

      1. Open the empower® Library.

      2. In the section Design Templates, navigate to the subsection Master Templates.

      3. Right-click on the master template you want to define as the company default.

        A context menu opens.

      1. In the context menu, hover over the option Default Master (Figure 5, “Option Set as Company's Master” (1)).

        Further options become visible.

      2. Choose the option Set as Company's Master (Figure 5, “Option Set as Company's Master” (2)).

      Figure 5. Option Set as Company's Master

      Option Set as Company's Master

      Important

      If you set a company master, make sure all users have permissions to access the master template.

      Important

      If you set the company default, your changes take effect for all users after the next synchronization and after a restart of PowerPoint.

      Note

      Alternatively, you can access the option Set as Company's Default in the navigation bar under Default Master.

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