Tired of PowerPoint Templates

[JasonByrne]

Hello, does anyone here have any advice on creating PowerPoint Templates that actually work as intended and aren’t messed up via the end user? I have been tasked with creating numerous templates over the last year and no matter how hard I try to keep things simple, and minimal, and bulletproof it just seems like the end user dumps over the entire thing and I can’t seem to figure out how to actually create a Powerpoint template than is anything more than a template in name.

[DaneShayd]

At the end of the day, template or not, you can’t stop users from using clipart, or skewing pictures, or using their own fonts, etc.

[OliverShultz]

I ran into the same issue and ended up building most of my slides from scratch. I usually start with a simple layout and add elements manually to keep things clean and not cookie-cutter. One trick that’s worked for me is reusing a timeline template—it’s saved me time, and I can tweak it to match whatever brand I’m working on.