Hello knowser-ga,
I understand that you would like to create a new master layout for a
new powerpoint presentation. I am going to walk you through the steps
involved in creating a new master layout, and attempt to explain the
individual steps and options.
1. Open up a new blank Powerpoint Presentation and save it on your computer.
2. Click on VIEW --> MASTER --> and then click on SLIDE MASTER. You
may need to hover over the arrow at the bottom of the view option to
get the MASTER option if it has not previously been used.
(By the way, to always view full menus, click on TOOLS --> CUSTOMIZE.
Then click on the OPTIONS tab and click ALWAYS SHOW FULL MENUS. After
clicking OK, you will no longer have hidden menu items.)
3. There are generally two types of master slides in any Powerpoint
file, one is the Title Master (used to introduce a new topic or theme)
and the other is a Slide Master, the type you seem to want to make
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Clarification of Answer by
tisme-ga
on
13 Nov 2003 18:16 PST
Hello knowser-ga,
Sorry, I posted answer prematurely by mistake!
I will post the full answer when I have completed it. I deeply
apologize for the inconvenience.
tisme-ga
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Clarification of Answer by
tisme-ga
on
13 Nov 2003 18:35 PST
Hello again knowser-ga,
Here is the full answer! I am going to start over so that you can
ignore the incomplete original post:
I understand that you would like to create a new master layout for a
new PowerPoint presentation. I am going to walk you through the steps
involved in creating a new master layout, and attempt to explain the
individual steps and options.
1. Open up a new blank PowerPoint Presentation and save it on your computer.
2. Click on VIEW --> MASTER --> and then click on SLIDE MASTER. You
may need to hover over the arrow at the bottom of the view option to
get the MASTER option if it has not previously been used.
(By the way, to always view full menus, click on TOOLS --> CUSTOMIZE.
Then click on the OPTIONS tab and click ALWAYS SHOW FULL MENUS. After
clicking OK, you will no longer have hidden menu items.)
3. There are generally two types of master slides in any PowerPoint
file, one is the Title Master (used to introduce a new topic or theme)
and the other is a Slide Master, the type you seem to want to make
changes on.
4. Usually at this point, you will see a blank slide that says ?click
to edit Master title style? at the top. You can now make any changes
you want to make, and the format will be used on all new future slides
after saving it!
5. To make the three columns, simply resize the default text style to
take up 1/3 of the page, and then copy and paste it twice, adding two
new text boxes. You can also right click on a blank spot on the Master
Slide, and click on Slide Design. This allows you to take a Design
Template already on your computer, and change it according to your
specifications.
The process of using multiple masters is (in my opinion) confusing in
PowerPoint 2002, but this article does a great job of explaining how
it works: http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/id-278.html
I hope this is the answer you were expecting. Please let me know if
you have any questions regarding this answer, and I will do my best to
further assist you.
All the best,
tisme-ga
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Request for Answer Clarification by
knowser-ga
on
14 Nov 2003 05:55 PST
I don't understand what do you mean by "... simply resize default text
style... " in 5. I don't see the "default text style" on the screen -
I see the "Object Area for AutoLayouts". When I re-sized and then
copied and pasted this Object Area, it didn't allow to change the text
inside the copied area on the slides created from this master.
The key in my question is "new master layout" - layout, not background
and not text styles. I really need to understand how to make three
columns. Please clarify. Thank you.
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Clarification of Answer by
tisme-ga
on
14 Nov 2003 07:34 PST
Hello knowser,
I understand better now what you are trying to do and have been
working hard on a solution for you. I will get back to you when I have
found the answer, or the best workaround.
tisme-ga
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Clarification of Answer by
tisme-ga
on
14 Nov 2003 08:29 PST
Hello knowser,
Unfortunately, my research shows that it is impossible to create a new
placeholder object in the Master Slide layout. I am first going to
show you why this is the case, and then explain how you can work
around the lack of this feature in PowerPoint 2002.
To show you how the Text Placeholder works and why this is not
possible, please follow these directions:
1. Open a new PowerPoint file and go into View --> Master --> Slide Master.
2. Delete the default textbox.
3. Click on Format, Master Layout and you will see that it now allows
you to create a new "Placeholder" for text.
4. Click the check box and click ok.
5. The option to recreate the placeholder has now vanished.
I contacted a third party were I have a support contract for Office XP
and they confirmed that multiple placeholders in the Master Layout was
not a feature available in PowerPoint 2002.
I found a user who was trying to do the exact same thing here:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=can+you+add+2nd+functional&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=29db01c394c7%2489298bf0%247d02280a%40phx.gbl&rnum=1
A Microsoft VP responded to the post by saying: "You can't add
"placeholders" to the Master. The recommended work around would be to
create a "normal" slide with the text box and then duplicate it when
you need it and edit the text to taste."
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=O3zqGuMlDHA.2676%40TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
This solution mentioned above was also the best one that I came up
with. I was told by my support group that the Master Slide was like a
painting that has the graphics for each new slide. Microsoft has not
included the functionality to create a new "text object" that is
static but changeable on every slide, except for the default one
available. Although the Slide Layout option on the task pane has
multiple placeholder objects, there is no functionality for the user
to create a new layout like this as a master layout.
The best solution appears to be to use the master view to change your
background and to add the static artwork you would like to appear on
each page.
Then you can close the master view and create three textboxes on a new
slide, and position them according to your specifications.
You can put placeholder text such as "Change this text" and then
change the font, size and text attributes. After you are finished
creating the "template" slide, copy it using CTRL-C and paste it at
the end of your slide using CTRL-V. You can then use CTRL-D to
duplicate the slide as needed.
Right click the slide and select "Hide Slide" to prevent it from
appearing during your presentation when you save the final copy. Using
this method, you can have several template slides, towards the end of
your slide that can easily be duplicated as needed.
I hope that this workaround will be an acceptable solution for you.
Please let me know if you have any problems or questions. I will be
happy to further assist you.
tisme-ga
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