When moving slides from one presentation to another, the slide formatting (based on the master slides) is your choice – if you use the Paste Dialog.
1. From any presentation, copy the slides either in the left pane or slide sorter.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/12_Jan/Destination_vs_Source_blog-1.jpg?mtime=1325975918)
2. Go to the presentation where the slides are to be added and paste them in.
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/12_Jan/Destination_vs_Source_blog-2.jpg?mtime=1325975926)
3. To paste, click where new slides are to be added and right-click. From the pop-up dialog, under “Paste Options” select “Use Destination Theme.”
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/12_Jan/Destination_vs_Source_blog-3.jpg?mtime=1325975933)
4. The pasted slides will take on the formatting from the master slide set in the presentation:
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/12_Jan/Destination_vs_Source_blog-4.jpg?mtime=1325975945)
5. Or you can choose “Keep Source Formatting:”
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/12_Jan/Destination_vs_Source_blog-5.jpg?mtime=1325975954)
6. With “Source Formatting” the new slides retain their orginal master slide and formatting:
![](https://thepowerpointblog.com/media/blogs/all/12_Jan/Destination_vs_Source_blog-6.jpg?mtime=1325975962)
The choice is yours!
– Troy @ TLC