Specify a default style file for your organization

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As an administrator, you can specify a custom style file as the default think-cell style file for your organization (see Set up think-cell style files). Whenever a user creates a presentation with think-cell, your custom style file will be active by default.

On Windows, specify a custom style file as the default in group policies (see Group policies) or during installation using the DEFAULTSTYLE configuration parameter (see Configuration parameters).

On Mac, specify a custom style file as the default with the defaults command-line tool (see Installation on macOS) or a device management solution (see Managed deployment on macOS).

After you configure a custom style file as the default style file, if you create a new presentation or open an existing presentation that doesn't contain a style file, think-cell will automatically load the custom default style file into the presentation.

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

Windows

Group policies

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

 DEFAULTSTYLE="FILE_PATH"

To remove the custom 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, use the following command. Replace FILE_PATH with the custom style file's path. The path must be absolute or relative to the styles subdirectory of the think-cell installation directory. So, if your custom 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 "FILE_PATH"

To specify a custom style file as the default style file when editing a .plist file for a device management solution, use the following code. Replace FILE_PATH with the custom 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>FILE_PATH</string>
</dict>

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