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name: apply-template
description: Build PowerPoint presentations from template files and layout templates
---

# Apply PowerPoint Template

Use PowerPoint MCP to create presentations from a template file or from built-in layout templates.

## Template sources

- A user-provided `.pptx` template file
- Built-in layout templates (for example: `title_slide`, `text_with_image`)

## Process

1. Identify the template source (file path or template id).
2. Inspect the template's available layouts and placeholders.
3. Create the presentation or slides from the template.
4. Map user content into the template's placeholders and roles.
5. Preserve the template's visual identity unless a redesign is requested.
6. Save the presentation.
7. Verify the result.

## Guidelines

- Reuse the template's master slides, layouts, and color scheme.
- Do not distort the template's branding.
- Ask which template to use when several are relevant.

## Examples

"Create a presentation from ./templates/corporate.pptx."

"Use the title_slide and text_with_image templates to build a 4-slide deck."