Multiple Masters in PPT 2004

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Rebecca Renner - 18 Jul 2007 15:14 GMT

I searched the Mac PPT board for this but cannot seem to find an
answer anywhere. I created a POT template on both the PC and the Mac
platform for a client. It has one title and two text templates. She
can get the title and one text template when she's building her show
from the POT on the Mac but cannot get the second text template to
show up. We can see it when in Master Slide view, but nowhere else.

On the PC, I can easily use the alternate text template simply by
going to the Slide Design pane, selecting the optional text template
icon (used in this presentation) and applying it to the selected
slide, but I cannot find the same thing anywhere on the Mac version
and it's making me crazy!

Can anyone help me ASAP? Thanks!

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Steve Rindsberg - 18 Jul 2007 17:16 GMT

> I searched the Mac PPT board for this but cannot seem to find an
> answer anywhere. I created a POT template on both the PC and the Mac
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> slide, but I cannot find the same thing anywhere on the Mac version
> and it's making me crazy!

Macs can have that effect on folks. ;-)

You might want to post this in the Mac PPT-specific section of the group to get
a more informed take on this, but fwiw, PPT 2004's support for multiple masters
is incomplete.

Near as I can tell, you want to supply a series of POT files, one per
SlideMaster/TitleMaster combo. The Mac user can choose Format, Slide Design
and pick the POT they want to apply and decide whether to apply it to the
current slide or all slides (you'll want to warn them of this, lest they
accidentally reformat their entire presentation by accident).

Sure hope they sort this out before they release the next Mac version.

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