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Company logo, deck title, date, name.
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How to create a company branded PowerPoint template.
A good company template means nobody starts from a blank slide or someone else's old deck again.
To create a company PowerPoint template, open the Slide Master, set your brand colours and fonts as the theme, build about 10 slide layouts with placeholders, add the logo once, and save the file as a PowerPoint template (.potx).
Then share it from one place. In Microsoft 365, an organization assets library can show the template inside PowerPoint for the whole company. Google Slides teams can do the same with a theme.
By Vedran Obradović · Updated 5 November 2026
The 10 slide layouts a company template needs.
More layouts do not help. People pick from the first few they see.
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Section break
Big title for each part of the talk.
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Title and text
The everyday slide. Short lines, big type.
4
Two columns
Before and after, problem and fix.
5
Big image
One photo, full slide, short line on top.
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Big number
One number, one line about it.
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Chart
Chart placeholder with brand colours set.
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Team or quote
Faces with names, or one quote.
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Logos
Clients or partners in a clean grid, with OK.
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End
Contact, link and one next step.
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How to create the template in PowerPoint, in 7 steps.
Do all of it inside the Slide Master. Slides made by hand do not count as a template.
Step 1
Open the Slide Master
View, then Slide Master. Work here, not on normal slides.
Step 2
Set theme colours
Add your brand colours as theme colours. Charts and shapes then use them by default.
Step 3
Set theme fonts
One headline font, one text font. Pick fonts everyone has or can install. See font pairing.
Step 4
Add the logo once
On the master or the layouts that need it. Same place, same size.
Step 5
Build the 10 layouts
Use placeholders for title, text, image and chart. Name each layout clearly.
Step 6
Delete the rest
Remove unused default layouts, so people only see yours.
Step 7
Save as template
File, Save As, PowerPoint Template (.potx). Add a sample deck that shows each layout in use.
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Copy this company template spec.
Write it before you open PowerPoint. Give it to whoever builds the template.
Company PowerPoint template spec
[COMPANY] SLIDE TEMPLATE SPEC (owner: [name]) SIZE: 16:9 THEME COLOURS: dark text [hex], light background [hex], accent 1 [hex], accent 2 [hex], accent 3 [hex] THEME FONTS: headings [font], body [font] (fallback if not installed: [font]) LOGO: [version] at [top left / bottom right], [size], on layouts [1, 10] LAYOUTS (name them like this) 01 Title / 02 Section / 03 Title and text / 04 Two columns / 05 Big image 06 Big number / 07 Chart / 08 Team or quote / 09 Logos / 10 End TEXT RULES Title: up to 8 words Body: up to 5 lines Min. text size: [ ] pt IMAGES: from [approved photo folder link] only SAMPLE DECK: one slide per layout, with real words WHERE IT LIVES: [one link / organization assets library]
Photos for the image layouts should follow one style. See brand photography guidelines.
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Common company template mistakes.
- Logo pasted on each slide instead of on the master, so it moves
- Colours set by hand instead of theme colours, so charts come out in default colours
- Fonts nobody has installed, so slides look different on every laptop
- 40 layouts, so people pick the wrong one
- No sample deck, so nobody knows how the layouts should look
- Old decks still in use, so the new template never takes over
The last one is the biggest. Tell the team the date old decks stop, and include the template in brand onboarding.
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Straight answers.
How do I create a PowerPoint template with my company logo?
Open View, then Slide Master, and place the logo on the master or on the layouts that need it. Then save the file as a .potx template.
How do I make a PowerPoint template available to everyone in my company?
In Microsoft 365, an admin can set up an organization assets library in SharePoint. The template then shows inside PowerPoint. Without that, share the .potx from one link.
What file type is a PowerPoint template?
A PowerPoint template is saved as a .potx file.
How many layouts should a company template have?
About 10 is enough for most teams: title, section, text, two columns, image, number, chart, team or quote, logos and end.
Can I use a PowerPoint template in Google Slides?
You can import a PowerPoint file into Google Slides. Check the fonts and layouts after import, and keep one Slides start file for the team.
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