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ed - 13 Oct 2006 20:36 GMT

I'm editing ppts made by someone else. The text all had shadows. I made a new
design template with no shadows on the masters. When I applied the new
design, some of the slides changed but others still have shadows. What can I
do besides change the rest manually?

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SuperPresentationMan - 13 Oct 2006 21:30 GMT

Hi Ed
It is possible that some of the slides (the ones that haven't changed) have
not used the Master Slides during the layout process. This is an easy trap
to fall into (known as the "why should I do what PowerPoint suggests" trap)
where the placeholder for 'Title' has been deleted and a new text box
created where the title is now.

So, if this is the case, there is no easy way other than the manual way.
However you can use the Format Painter tool to copy the style of the
headings and paste it to the ones that are unchanged.

Have fun
-SuperPresentationMan

"Our PowerPoint Hero"
www.SuperPresentationMan.com

> I'm editing ppts made by someone else. The text all had shadows. I made a
> new
> design template with no shadows on the masters. When I applied the new
> design, some of the slides changed but others still have shadows. What can
> I
> do besides change the rest manually?

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ed - 13 Oct 2006 21:50 GMT

Thanks. I figured that was the problem. I was hoping someone knew a magic
trick since I have over a thousand slides to fix. But it looks like I'll be
spending time with my old pal format painter. . . .

> Hi Ed
> It is possible that some of the slides (the ones that haven't changed) have
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> > I
> > do besides change the rest manually?

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SuperPresentationMan - 13 Oct 2006 22:17 GMT

Hi Ed

There is another alternative: you can send your files to
SuperpresentationMan and, for a modest investment, your PowerPoint files
will be returned to you with all of the changes completed. And, because
SuperPresentationMan is based in New Zealand, the different timezone means
your project can be completed while you sleep.

If you would like to know more please visit the SuperPresentationMan website
or send an email using the Contact Page on the website.

Thank you
-SuperPresentationMan

"Our PowerPoint Hero"
www.SuperPresentationMan.com

> Thanks. I figured that was the problem. I was hoping someone knew a magic
> trick since I have over a thousand slides to fix. But it looks like I'll
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>> > I
>> > do besides change the rest manually?

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Steve Rindsberg - 14 Oct 2006 06:02 GMT

> Thanks. I figured that was the problem. I was hoping someone knew a magic
> trick since I have over a thousand slides to fix. But it looks like I'll be
> spending time with my old pal format painter. . . .

If I understand you correctly, the problem is that some text has shadows, and you want to get
rid of ALL shadows on text.

It shouldn't be all that difficult to cobble up a little macro to do the job.
I think this should about do it. Give it a try on (please!) a COPY of your original file.

Sub DeShadowText
Dim oSh as Shape
Dim oSl as Slide

For Each oSl in ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oSh in oSl.Shapes
.Shadow.Visible = False
If oSh.HasTextFrame then
If oSh.TextFrame.HasText Then
oSh.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Shadow = False
End If
End If
Next
Next

End Sub

> > Hi Ed
> > It is possible that some of the slides (the ones that haven't changed) have
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> > > I
> > > do besides change the rest manually?

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ed - 16 Oct 2006 14:51 GMT

Thanks. It's worth a try.

> > Thanks. I figured that was the problem. I was hoping someone knew a magic
> > trick since I have over a thousand slides to fix. But it looks like I'll be
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> PPTools: www.pptools.com
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