Now, this could simply be a user error (maybe you’re just throwing content onto a blank slide).īut it could also mean that the designer of the ‘template’ actually gave you what I call a Fake PowerPoint Template. This means that you’re not using the placeholders set up in the template, which is why the Reset button isn’t able to do its job. When you hit the Reset button (next to the New Slide button on the Home tab), nothing happens to the formatting of your slides (colors, fonts, layout, etc).
If you’re not sure whether your company template is broken or not, open it up and check it for these 3 tell-tale signs.īroken Template Sign 1 – Resetting doesn’t reset That’s how they’ve inadvertently laid booby traps for you. Some even build everything in other software like Adobe InDesign and then transfer it over to PowerPoint! Whether it’s been designed internally or by an agency, chances are that the designer of the template didn’t fully grasp the complexities of PowerPoint and how its templates are supposed to function.Įven big design firms who claim to be able to build PowerPoint templates, don’t really understand PowerPoint. 2) Your template’s designer doesn’t understand PowerPoint It takes into account the needs of its users, the purpose of each presentation it will create, and the ways in which it might be mis-used. The problem is twofold: 1) Your company didn’t spend the proper time thinking through the purpose of the templateĪ properly designed template is the product of considerable thought and planning. Now you might be wondering, “My company spent a lot of money hiring professionals to produce our template. The chances are very high that the corporate template you’ve been forced to use all this time is designed to fail.
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