Adding editable text box to Slide Master

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Michael Wong - 04 Mar 2005 15:41 GMT

Hello,
I'm wanting to add a text box to my Slide Master such that I will be able to
edit the box on each slide. So far, adding a text box to the slide master is
easy. But once I try to edit the field in the actual slide, I find the text
box is no longer editable

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Sonia - 04 Mar 2005 15:53 GMT

Sorry, that can't be done. We all wish we could add placeholders AND new
layouts, but it isn't possible.

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> Hello,
> I'm wanting to add a text box to my Slide Master such that I will be able to
> edit the box on each slide. So far, adding a text box to the slide master is
> easy. But once I try to edit the field in the actual slide, I find the text
> box is no longer editable

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Michael Wong - 04 Mar 2005 16:11 GMT

Huh, that seems like something alot of people would want....*shrug*

I guess my only option is to add the text box to each slide, individually.
I had wanted to lock down the location of this text box on each slide.

*sigh*....back to work, or something like that

> Sorry, that can't be done. We all wish we could add placeholders AND new
> layouts, but it isn't possible.
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> > easy. But once I try to edit the field in the actual slide, I find the text
> > box is no longer editable

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Sonia - 04 Mar 2005 16:26 GMT

I understand. The way I would do that manually is to use the Guides. I would
set View > Grid and Guides > Snap to Grid and View Guides, and then place a
horizontal guide and a vertical guide that intersect where I want the upper left
corner of the text box to always be. Then on all slides it's easy to add a
text box and snap it to the Guides.

> Huh, that seems like something alot of people would want....*shrug*
>
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>> > box is no longer editable

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Steve Rindsberg - 04 Mar 2005 16:57 GMT

> Huh, that seems like something alot of people would want....*shrug*

To quote Sonia: "We all wish ..."
All seems like a lot. Yeah. ;-)

> I guess my only option is to add the text box to each slide, individually.
> I had wanted to lock down the location of this text box on each slide.

Using a footer instead of a normal text box might help. More work than it needs to
be but at least you can apply individual text as a footer from the slide view but
control its formatting from the master. The problem is that the user's liable to
Apply To All rather than just Apply and wipe out potentially a LOT of work at one
click.

> *sigh*....back to work, or something like that
>
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> > > easy. But once I try to edit the field in the actual slide, I find the text
> > > box is no longer editable

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