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Applescript command to extract template from a powerpoint presentation

I need to extract the template from a powerpoint presentation and apply that template to another presentation.

After my search, I found two commands:

1) get template name of presentation

The above commands gives the template name, but not the path where it is stored. I am unable to find that.

2) apply template presentation file name "Macintosh HD:Users:Shared:Zesty"

The above command applies the "Zesty" design template to the presentation. But again I had no success as I don't know where this design template is stored. After googling I found the location can be: "/Users/sanjeev/Library/Application\ Support/Microsoft/Office/User\ Templates ". But I found no templates there.

So, is there any way to extract the template from a powerpoint presentation and apply that template to another presentation??

Thanks

Solution

  • PowerPoint doesn't store the path to templates in presentation files. There's no need to. It never refers to external templates except when the user/your code applies them. At that point, it stores a copy of the template IN the PPT file.

    Extracting a template from the PPT file is simply a matter of opening the file and saving it as a template.

    But you don't even need to do that unless you want to. Since every presentation contains its own template, you can apply the template from one presentation to another; no need for an actual template file.

    In VBA, you'd do: 

    ActivePresentation.ApplyTemplate FileName:="[path to file whose template you want to apply"

    I don't do Applescript, but it should be possible to translate that.