PowerPoint templates should work well for everyone who uses them. Contrary to popular belief, templates are not easy to get right. In fact, thousands of steps go into building a solid template.

Seeing some of the things I look for in a template to determine if it functions well should help you make your own templates more efficient.
 

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Echo Swinford has been working with PowerPoint since 1997. She is President Emerita of the Presentation Guild and has been a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since 2000. With co-author Julie Terberg, she recently released the definitive guide to PowerPoint template development: Building PowerPoint Templates v2.