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How do I apply a new template to an existing Powerpoint presentation

OK. So let's say I have a deck and I have created a new template and now I want to apply this new template to this deck...my current thinking is: create a new presentation based on my revised template and then use reuse slides to import the old slides into it? Is there another better way? Thanks
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Echo, size isn't changed when you select theme from gallery either, but since agwalsh is trying to combine slides and decks as well, I'm guessing they aren't all the same size. So I thought the warning about that was merited.

I always recommend the save theme step because most of my clients are trying to get consistent corporate branding. Trying to get all users to navigate to a document or other slide deck is like using copy/paste for all boilerplate text.
Sure, all good points.

Just to clarify for the original poster, your slide size may be altered when you paste slides into one consolidated deck. This is because you cannot mix slide sizes -- all the slides in a deck must be the same size. So if you open a template or theme file and paste slides in, the slides will become the size they are in that template. But if you APPLY the template to your existing file, the slide size will not change.

I just find that users don't always understand that if they apply the theme to an existing presentation the slide size itself won't change.

Unfortunately, this one is soooo much easier to show than to attempt to explaini n words, lol. Upshot is, if you apply the template or theme from the Design tab, it's not going to change your slide size. That's generally good -- unless the template or theme is designed for a different aspect ratio than your slides are.
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Thanks to both of you. This is a rather messy area of Powerpoint but you have both shone a light on it.
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it's an aspect of Powerpoint that requires a lot of fiddling around but the answers here have pointed me in the right direction :-). Thanks to both of you