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According to MS, you need to use the desktop version of PowerPoint 2016 to save as a template...<br />
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<b>Create and save a PowerPoint template</b>―<a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-and-save-a-PowerPoint-template-ee4429ad-2a74-4100-82f7-50f8169c8aca?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1" rel="ugc">https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-and-save-a-PowerPoint-template-ee4429ad-2a74-4100-82f7-50f8169c8aca?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1</a>
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 Note: You'll need to use the desktop version of PowerPoint 2016 or PowerPoint 2013 (not PowerPoint Online) to follow these steps.
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According to MS, you need to use the desktop version of PowerPoint 2016 to save as a template...

Create and save a PowerPoint template―https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-and-save-a-PowerPoint-template-ee4429ad-2a74-4100-82f7-50f8169c8aca?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1 [https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-and-save-a-PowerPoint-template-ee4429ad-2a74-4100-82f7-50f8169c8aca?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&fromAR=1]

> Note: You'll need to use the desktop version of PowerPoint 2016 or PowerPoint 2013 (not PowerPoint Online) to follow these steps.

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Hello,<br />
we have a corporate template we would like to have on everyone's computer for PowerPoint. <br />
in 2010 is was easy enuoght to just drop the POTX file into the APPDATA folder, but it doesnt work in 2016<br />
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with PP 2016 i have tried dropping it into the ..\Documents\Custom Office Templates and the APPDATA but it never shows in PowerPoint<br />
does anyone know how to add a custom template in PowerPoint 2016?<br />
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Thanks
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Hello,
we have a corporate template we would like to have on everyone's computer for PowerPoint. 
in 2010 is was easy enuoght to just drop the POTX file into the APPDATA folder, but it doesnt work in 2016

with PP 2016 i have tried dropping it into the ..\Documents\Custom Office Templates and the APPDATA but it never shows in PowerPoint
does anyone know how to add a custom template in PowerPoint 2016?

Thanks

How to add a custom template to PowerPoint 2016

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PowerPoint is a slide show presentation program currently developed by Microsoft. PowerPoint presentations consist of a number of individual pages or "slides" that may contain text, graphics, sound, movies, and other objects, which may be arranged freely. The presentation can be printed, displayed live on a computer, or navigated through at the command of the presenter. Slides can also form the basis of webcasts.

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.