diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dc46e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+* text=auto eol=lf
+*.{cmd,[cC][mM][dD]} text eol=crlf
+*.{bat,[bB][aA][tT]} text eol=crlf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/constants.jl b/src/constants.jl
index 2d66413..84fc2ed 100644
--- a/src/constants.jl
+++ b/src/constants.jl
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ const TITLE_SLIDE_LAYOUT = 1
 const DEFAULT_SLIDE_LAYOUT = 2
 
 include_dependency(joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "tableStyles.xml"))
-const DEFAULT_TABLE_STYLE_DATA = read(joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "tableStyles.xml"))
\ No newline at end of file
+const DEFAULT_TABLE_STYLE_DATA = read(joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "tableStyles.xml"))
+
+include_dependency(joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "no-slides.pptx"))
+const DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DATA = read(joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "no-slides.pptx"))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/write.jl b/src/write.jl
index 7b3c71b..de9d75c 100644
--- a/src/write.jl
+++ b/src/write.jl
@@ -98,6 +98,19 @@ function add_contenttypes!(w::ZipWriter, template::ZipBufferReader)
     zip_commitfile(w)
 end
 
+# Support reading a template from file path or from pre-read file data.
+function read_template(template_path::AbstractString)
+    template_path = abspath(template_path)
+    template_isfile = isfile(template_path)
+    if !template_isfile
+        error(
+            "No file found at template path: $(repr(template_path))",
+        )
+    end
+    read(template_path)
+end
+read_template(template_data::AbstractVector{UInt8}) = template_data
+
 """
 ```julia
 Base.write(
@@ -137,18 +150,9 @@ function Base.write(
     p::Presentation;
     overwrite::Bool=false,
     open_ppt::Bool=true,
-    template_path::String=joinpath(TEMPLATE_DIR, "no-slides.pptx"),
+    template_path::Union{String, Vector{UInt8}}=DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_DATA,
 )
-
-    template_path = abspath(template_path)
-    template_isfile = isfile(template_path)
-
-    if !template_isfile
-        error(
-            "No file found at template path: $(repr(template_path))",
-        )
-    end
-    template_reader = ZipBufferReader(read(template_path))
+    template_reader = ZipBufferReader(read_template(template_path))
 
     if !endswith(filepath, ".pptx")
         filepath *= ".pptx"