Please see email trail below. Bottom line - I have a powerpoint slide
in deck A and paste the entire slide into deck B.  It looks great in
deck A, but ppt reformats in deck B and it changes all of the colors
and fonts, etc. - takes 20 minutes to fix the thing.  I want to tell
powerpoint not to change the slide - to leave it the same!  I want the
slide to be fully editable in deck B, just like it was in deck A (so
no pasting as a picture).  I'm not creating the original slides, so
don't have control over the settings used to make them.  Your help
would be greatly appreciated.  Best, - John


Thanks Fred - I was hoping that there was a way to ensure that a slide
didn't change at all when copying into a new deck,
Best, - John
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: FW: PowerPoint question


Good Morning John,

Yes, I have--and still do have from time to time--this problem. As
stated below in a previous email, this occurs when a graphic is
created using the 'original' template's color scheme, and then copied
and/or transfered to another document with a different color scheme
template set up. When available, I always try to use either the
company template (set up by Bill and myself) or the document where the
graphic will 'end up', so the colors all remain consistent with what
you want it to look like.
I usually just reapply the color scheme back to the graphic as best as
I can match the original colors when pasting into another 'foreign'
template.

Hope this helps, and if I can be of further assistance, please call me 

Kind Regards,
Fred
-------------- Original message -------------- 

> Fred, do you know how to keep a slide from reformatting when copying from one 
> deck to another? Have you run into this problem before? Best, - John 
> 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 1:44 PM 
> > Subject: RE: PowerPoint question 
> > 
> > John, 
> > 
> > Sorry for delayed response - was in meeting all morning... 
> > 
> > 
> > If your slide is already created, I believe that the build method will 
> transfer when copied, but to my knowledge there is no way to prevent it from 
> updating the color & formatting schemes. 
> > 
> > However, if you do not need to modify the chart, you can do the following: 
> > 
> > 1. Copy from original slideshow. 
> > 
> > 2. Go the slide in the new slideshow where you what the chart located (don't 
> paste yet). 
> > 
> > 3. Click on the Edit menu. 
> > 
> > 4. Select Paste Special. 
> > 
> > 5. Choose Picture from the Paste As list & click OK. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:38 AM 
> > Subject: RE: Powerpoint question 
> > 
> > Jane, it sounds like you have dealt with this before. If I have a slide that 
> is already created (i.e. I don't get to choose the settings used or method of 
> building the slide) and want to insert it into a different deck, how do tell 
> powerpoint to not do any reformatting? It shows a message that says 'updating 
> with new color scheme' when I copy a chart - is there a way to turn this off? 
> Best, - John 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:21 AM 
> > To: Help Desk 
> > Subject: RE: Powerpoint question 
> > 
> > If the slides were created following the master themes of the slideshow 
> they are being copied from, they will automatically "conform" to the master 
> theme/slide formatting of the presentation they are pasted into. This usually 
> only causes problems when the receiving slideshow does not have master themes 
> defined properly or the original slide was not created using the standard 
> placeholders or not created using the color scheme of the slide - when this 
> reformats, PowerPoint can only reformat standardized features. 
> > 
> > So, if you are looking to have a slide that does not reformat, do not 
> follow the master themes included in the original slideshow that you are copying 
> from: 
> > 
> > * If you don't want the font or object colors to reformat, use colors that 
> are not included in the master color scheme of the slideshow that you copy from 
> (the master colors will appear in the top row of colors in the color palette 
> when you change the color of text or an object - all other rows will not 
> reformat to a different color when pasted to a different slide). 
> > * If it is the text size that you don't want to reformat, then use 
> textboxes that are not part of the slide placeholders (instead of selecting, for 
> example, a bulleted slide when creating a new slide, select a blank slide and 
> then add the textboxes manually). 
> > 
> > Hope this helps. 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: Help Desk 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:36 AM 
> > Cc: Alagood, John 
> > Subject: FW: Powerpoint question 
> > 
> > Jane, 
> > 
> > Can you answer the question below? 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > Sarah> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: Alagood, John 
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:57 AM 
> > To: Help Desk 
> > Subject: Powerpoint question 
> > 
> > 
> > Do you know how to keep slides from reformatting when they are 
> copy pasted from one presentation to another? Best, - John