Create a Microsoft PowerPoint Export Template

Microsoft PowerPoint export templates are PPT or PPTX files used to generate, structure and format exported wizard slideshows.

You can use the templates provided with your installation, or you can create your own custom templates for wizard export in Microsoft PowerPoint. The following sections describe how to create a PowerPoint export template for wizards.

Microsoft PowerPoint Template Fields, Structure and Formatting

In PowerPoint, wizard elements are inserted into predefined text box fields in the template. All text box fields are described in the table below.

Field Name	Description
`WizardName`	The wizard title
`WizardDescription`	A description of what the Wizard does
`WizardPath`	A full path to the library, category and subcategories that contain the Wizard in Studio. see Categories
`WizardHyperlink`	A unique, direct link to the Wizard that can be pasted or embedded in an email message, Web browser address bar, or the Windows Run box
`WizardNotes`	Any notes or comments typed in the wizard’s Notes tab in Studio
`WizardApplicationImag e`	An icon of the application on which the Wizard is played
`StepSlide`	A tag that declares the slide from which all wizard steps appear in the exported file in their original sequence. This field only appears in the template. It does not appear in the exported file.
`StepName`	The step title assigned by the content author. See Editing Wizard Steps
`StepNumber`	The step number assigned automatically in the Wizard Editor
`StepImage`	An image of the area that surround the step’s click position. The image retains its original proportions regardless of its placeholder size in the slide.
`StepFullImage`	The full step image, as it appears in the Wizard Editor Display pane. The image retains its original proportions regardless of its placeholder size in the slide.
`StepActions`	A description of the mouse click, any key strokes and bubble text (including buttons) in the order in which they appear in a step.
`StepNotes`	Any notes or comments typed in the step’s Notes tab

In order to successfully export the wizard to a presentation, these text box fields must be structured according to the hierarchy. The text box hierarchy you must use in your PowerPoint export template is as follows:

The formatting used for each field in the template is reflected in the export file.

Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint Export Template

In the PowerPoint presentation you are using for your template, select the slide that will be the first to contain wizard steps.
In the slide you selected in the previous step, insert a text box and type: type: StepSlide.

NOTE: Because the StepSlide text box will not appear in the exported file, you can locate it anywhere in the slide that you selected. However, it must be located in the slide in which you want the first wizard step to appear.
Insert a text box and type the field name for the wizard item that you want to insert, according to the text box field names.

Each field name must be created in its own text box, with nothing else in the text box other than that field name. (Repeat this step for any wizard property, step and action that you want to insert)