Deploy a default style file

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As an administrator, you can deploy a custom think-cell style file as the default style file for your organization.

We recommend that you Deploy a style file using a PowerPoint template. Typically, organizations require both a style file and a PowerPoint template to implement their brand's style guidelines in PowerPoint. It's easiest for users to implement your organization's design when your style file is deployed as part of your PowerPoint template.

If you can't deploy a think-cell style file as part of your PowerPoint template, you can Deploy a style file using configuration parameters.

Whenever users create or open a presentation that doesn't already contain a style file, think-cell loads the default style file into that presentation.

Deploy a style file using a PowerPoint template

To add a style file to a PowerPoint template, follow these steps:

  1. Open the PowerPoint template.
  2. On the ribbon, select Views > Master Views > Slide Master.
  3. In the Slide Master view, select the master slide.
  4. Select Insert > think-cell > Tools Tools Menu icon > Change Style.
  5. On the Change Style menu, select a style file. If the style file that you want doesn't appear on the menu, select Other to open the Load Style File dialog, then navigate to the location of the style file, select the style file, and select Open. You can load a style file located anywhere on your computer or network.
  6. Exit the Slide Master view and save the template.

If your PowerPoint template has more than one master slide, repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 for each master slide. You can select a different style file for each master slide.

When a user creates or opens a presentation using this template, the style file will be active in the master slide.

To see which style file is the default for your think-cell version, in PowerPoint, go to Insert > think-cell > Tools Tools Menu icon > Change Style. In the Change Style menu, the default style file appears with (default) next to its name.

Deploy a style file using configuration parameters

To specify a custom think-cell style file as the default style file for your organization, use the following configuration parameters.

Windows

Group policies

To specify a custom style file as the default style file using Group policies, follow these steps:

  1. Open the group policy setting Default Style File.
  2. Select Enabled.
  3. In Default style file, paste the style file's path. The path must be absolute or relative to the styles subdirectory of the think-cell installation directory.
  4. Select OK.

To remove the default style file, in Default Style File, select Not Configured or Disabled. Then select OK.

Installation command line

To specify a custom style file as the default style file with installation command-line parameters (see Installation on Windows), run the think-cell installation file with the following parameter. Replace FILE_PATH with the style file's path. The path must be absolute or relative to the styles subdirectory of the think-cell installation directory. So, if your style file is located in the styles subdirectory, you can enter just the file name.

DEFAULTSTYLE="<var>FILE_PATH</var>"

To remove the default style file, uninstall think-cell, and reinstall without using the DEFAULTSTYLE parameter.

macOS

To specify a custom style file as the default style file with the defaults tool (see Installation on macOS), use the following command. Replace FILE_PATH with the style file's path. The path must be absolute or relative to the styles subdirectory of the think-cell installation directory. So, if your style file is located in the styles subdirectory, you can enter just the file name.

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.office.plist com.think-cell.settings.defaultstyle -string "<var>FILE_PATH</var>"

To specify a custom style file as the default style file when editing a .plist file for a device management solution (see Managed deployment on macOS), use the following code. Replace FILE_PATH with the style file's path. The path must be absolute or relative to the styles subdirectory of the think-cell installation directory.

<dict>
	<key>com.think-cell.settings.defaultstyle</key>
  	<string><var>FILE_PATH</var></string>
</dict

To remove the default style file, remove the com.think-cell.settings.defaultstyle dictionary from the com.microsoft.office property list.