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Rouxb - 02 Oct 2006 15:12 GMT

Does anyone know if content controls (as currently in Word 2007) will be
featured in Powerpoint 2007? I'm battling to find info on this on the net.
The only mention of this is on MS's Powerpoint Product overview site
(http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/programs/powerpoint/overview.mspx):
"Using content controls, you can create and deploy structured Office
PowerPoint 2007 templates that guide users into entering the correct
information"

Alas, nothing of the sort in PPT 2007!

Thanks in advance!

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Steve Rindsberg - 02 Oct 2006 16:51 GMT

> Does anyone know if content controls (as currently in Word 2007) will be
> featured in Powerpoint 2007? I'm battling to find info on this on the net.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> PowerPoint 2007 templates that guide users into entering the correct
> information"

Hey Rouxb! (Isn't that what Louisiana carnies yell at the customers and other
nouxbies?)

This should give you a few more things to check:

http://search.microsoft.com/results.aspx?q=%22content+control%22+powerpoint&l=1
&mkt=en-US&FORM=QBME1

It all seems pretty vague as to how far PPT participates in this feature.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Steve Rindsberg - 03 Oct 2006 01:09 GMT

> Does anyone know if content controls (as currently in Word 2007) will be
> featured in Powerpoint 2007? I'm battling to find info on this on the net.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Alas, nothing of the sort in PPT 2007!

Update from a trusted/knowledgeable source: The page you found is wrong and
will be corrected.

Word has custom content controls but PowerPoint does not/will not.

Sorry for the bad news, but an answer is better than none.

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Echo S - 03 Oct 2006 02:18 GMT

> "Using content controls, you can create and deploy structured Office
> PowerPoint 2007 templates that guide users into entering the correct
> information"

What Steve said.

But if your goal is to create templates that have "add XYZ info here" and
"add ABC info here," then you can do that in PPT 2007. It lets us type in
our own prompt text in the placeholders. (Woohoo! Love this feature!)

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Rouxb - 04 Oct 2006 17:44 GMT

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I guess I'll have to invent my own way of
limiting user input to a specific range as per content controls... :-s

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