How to create a custom PowerPoint presentation from a set of slides

This article from Techrepublic explains how to create a custom PowerPoint presentation template from a set of slides.

Custom presentations enable you to deliver a selection of slides from your main show — handy if you’re pressed for time or need to tweak the information for a particular audience. See how easy it is to build and run a custom presentation.

Imagine that you have only 30 minutes left to present your 1 hr presentation. Fortunately you don’t have to click through the slides you won’t be able to cover, just use PowerPoint’s Custom Slideshows command to create a slideshow that includes only the slides you can cover in the time limit. Follow these steps:

1. Open the presentation you want to select slides from and go to Slide Show | Custom Shows. (In PowerPoint 2007, click the Slide Show tab, click Custom Shows in the Start Slide Show group, and then click Custom Shows.)
2. In the Custom Shows dialog box, (Figure A), click the New button.

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