Moving Presenter '09 player templates into Presenter '13

I dont want to sound a rookie (but I think i will!) I have recently installed presenter 13 and cannot work out for the life of me how to import Presenter '09 files! Any help would be welcomed!

Oh, i added this to this question because it was similar..ish - hope you didnt mind!

Think I worked it out - you just import the PPT file and it takes all the 09 settings (quiz etc) with it (i never worked on the previous presenter so im totally clueless!).

I was told (and confirmed it by trying a few methods) that there is no way to convert '09 player templates into '13. I had to rebuild a new template from scratch (color schemes). It's very similar (almost identical) to Storyline templates, but not even those are compatible.

Hi Kristin and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! It looks like Chris addressed your question here. 

He is correct: The player templates were completely rebuilt from the ground up for this release of Presenter. Unfortunately you cannot upgrade a legacy template to a new template. It is just not technically possible to do so.

Thanks for your assistance Chris!

Hi Mike! It seems as if you resolved your own issue. If not, just let me know.

So, I am using a template that Tom created...it is really very straightforward...just bars that hyperlink to other slides...and it is not working in 13...is this because it was just for 09? It's pretty nutty.

Sorry..this is the template I am talking about...its PPT template...I can't understand why it won't work.

http://community.articulate.com/downloads/p/656.aspx

Hi Michele! Ashley beat me to your thread, she responded here 

I didn't see that this part of the question was addressed. We have multiple Instructional Designers and need to be able to share the Player templates once we get them rebuilt.

Hi Gayla! I think you're right.

Sharing a player with a colleague or moving it to a different computer (exporting a player)

If you want to share a player with a colleague or transfer it to a different computer, export the *.xml file. That same file can then be imported by any other Presenter user. Here's how to export a player:

1. On the Player Properties manager, click Current Player and choose Export.
2. Browse to the location where you want to save the player.
3. Enter the name you want to give the exported player (it defaults to the player name you've used in Presenter, but you can enter a different one).
4. Click Save.

Now you can give the file to a colleague, or use it on another computer. For instructions on how to import the file, see the next section of this tutorial.

Using a player someone has shared with you (importing a player)

If someone gives you an *.xml file for a Presenter player, you can import it to your current project like this:

1. On the Player Properties window, click Current Player and choose Import.
2. Navigate to the *.xml file for the player you want to import, and click Open.
3. This applies the player to the current project. If you'd like to save it so it's available for other Presenter projects, use the steps we covered earlier in this tutorial for saving your player.

You can read more about the player here.