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{description}
{excerpt}Saves the PowerPointTemplate to disk. The location is specified by the {{filename}} parameter.{excerpt}

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	public void Save(System.String filename)
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	Public Sub ApplyStyle(ByVal filename As String)
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{parameters}{param:filename}
		Specifies a complete path and file name for the generated file. PowerPointWriter will save the file to this location. If a file with the same name exists, it will be overwritten by the new PowerPoint file.
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{exceptions}{exception:ArgumentException}
		{{Save}} will throw this exception if {{null}} or the empty string \(C\#\) is passed to the method.
	{exception}{exception:InvalidOperationException}
		{{Save}} will throw this exception if it does not have a PowerPoint document handle ({{Save}} cannot be called before {{Open}}).
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{remarks}
You can call [Save|PowerPointTemplate.Save()] more than once for a single instance of [PowerPointTemplate].  This allows you to save more than one copy of a generated files, and/or both save the file on the server and stream it to the client.
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{example}
	{code:csharp|title=C#}

	//--- Save a .pptx file
	ppTemplate.Save(@"C:\Reports\Presentation.pptx");

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	{code:vbnet|title=vb.net}

	//--- Save a .pptx file
	ppTemplate.Save("C:\Reports\Presentation.pptx")

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