Hi

Firstly, I am a novice user of powerpoint so sorry if this is a very basic problem.

I am trying to create a presentation template for a number of users to use. The template is supposed to include a master title and master slide.
I have created the template and I think that it looks ok. I have saved it into the location suggested by PowerPoint and when I now go back into PP I can see my new templates on the design template list.

BUT when i open a new presentation by going to file/new and then in the "new presentation window" on the right I choose "from design template" and then I choose my new template, I find the following issue:

the master title side contains the two standard boxes which always appear when creating a blank presentation. They kind of sit on top of my template. I can delete them but once done I cannot edit any text on my slide master template anymore....

Strangely though if I insert another page, the next page is fine and does not include any text boxes I don't want... if I go into the template by opening the pot file through going to file/open, the template is absolutely fine...

Can anyone help????