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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006Removing Templates Causes Flicker
Hello PPT experts! I have developed four templates that we use exclusively in our company and as a result have no need to see all of the standard templates that MS supplies in the Design Template List. Since I do not want to delete them (they might come in handy some day), I moved all of the MS standard .pot files to another directory. Although this works, now when I select the "Slide Design" the Task Pane seems to be looking for all of the moved templates because I see a lot of template file names flashing in the pane until PPT does not find them and then it settles down and just shows the four designs I have developed. What is going on here? Is there some sort of indexing that has taken place that PPT references for template loading purposes? If so, how do I re-index? Thanks for your help! I'm not sure exactly how the template index works in PPT 2003. (I assume that's the version you're using?) The default templates show up in a color order (roughly blues/blacks, then greys/greens, then reds/oranges, then whites). There's something built in that allows that, and I suspect that's what's causing the flicker. Any additional templates (like ones from previous versions of PPT) show up alphabetically after the color-ordered ones. No idea how to resolve it. Hopefully posting this will spark some thoughts from others.  SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com > Hello PPT experts! I have developed four templates that we use > exclusively in our company and as a result have no need to see all of [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > references for template loading purposes? If so, how do I re-index? > Thanks for your help! Hello Echo! Thanks for your response. I am surprised that there has not been any other individuals who have experienced this problem or have responded to my question. Any hints how I can get an answer to this problem? I appreciate your input. > I'm not sure exactly how the template index works in PPT 2003. (I assume > that's the version you're using?) The default templates show up in a color [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > references for template loading purposes? If so, how do I re-index? > > Thanks for your help! Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Only other thing I know to do is call Microsoft Support and ask them. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com > Hello Echo! Thanks for your response. I am surprised that there has > not been any other individuals who have experienced this problem or [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> > references for template loading purposes? If so, how do I re-index? >> > Thanks for your help! > Hello Echo! Thanks for your response. I am surprised that there has > not been any other individuals who have experienced this problem or > have responded to my question. Any hints how I can get an answer to > this problem? Another approach, more of an end run around the problem, and one that makes it easier for your users, is to ignore the task pane. Instead, consider creating an addin that creates a toolbar or menu item with choices for each template you want users to pick. They click the button for template 3, the addin creates a new presentation based on the appropriate template and away they go. I appreciate your input. > > I'm not sure exactly how the template index works in PPT 2003. (I assume > > that's the version you're using?) The default templates show up in a color [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > references for template loading purposes? If so, how do I re-index? > > > Thanks for your help! ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================
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