Thanks Ian. That's a good idea. If it doesn't do it, I'll ping them because they say they're keen on ideas.
Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Tuesday, 17 April 2012 4:03 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Powerpoint pain Greg For enhancing OL, I usually write something myself - but I have never tried for PPT. There is a vibrant industry based on add-ins for Outlook (all versions, even the oldest), and the same exists for PowerPoint. Out of interest (because I have little need for extensive re-hashing of PPT presentations, so have no recommendations based on experience), I searched and found (example, not a recommendation) PPTXtreme - see the attached 90Kb PDF created from its web page. I'm sure you could find something for << $50 that might save time and angst! _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Low (GregLow.com) Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 1:01 PM To: 'Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA)'; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Powerpoint pain Hi Andrew, Thanks. That seems to do basic stuff with fonts but not sizes, etc. It just seems a real pity that there isn't just way of having "styles" where you define a name for each combination of font, size, colour like you can in Word. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: Andrew Coates (DPE AUSTRALIA) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 13 April 2012 3:18 PM To: [email protected]; ozDotNet Subject: RE: Powerpoint pain Ctrl+A then Ctrl+Space usually works for me (as it does in Word) Andrew Coates, ME, MCPD, MCSD MCTS, Developer Evangelist, Microsoft, 1 Epping Road, NORTH RYDE NSW 2113 Ph: +61 (2) 9870 2719 Mob +61 (416) 134 993 Fax: +61 (2) 9870 2400 http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> On Behalf Of Greg Low (GregLow.com) Sent: Thursday, 12 April 2012 4:34 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Powerpoint pain Hi Peter, Thanks but that (unfortunately), has options to "Use destination format", "Use source format", etc. but regardless, it doesn't change custom font settings. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775) office | +61 419201410 mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> On Behalf Of Peter Gfader Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 11:27 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Powerpoint pain @Greg Another option worth trying is: 1. Select All, 2. Copy 3. File New Powerpoint with your favourite template 4. Paste .peter.gfader. (current mood = happy-go-lucky) http://blog.gfader.com 2012/4/11 Greg Low (GregLow.com) <[email protected]> Thanks Ian and all. I've just gone and copied (via Notepad) all the text and then reformatted. Seems like a really odd thing to have no simple way to do. (And yes, I was dealing with some really odd content formatting). Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775 <tel:%281300%20775%20775> ) office | +61 419201410 <tel:%2B61%20419201410> mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 <tel:%2B61%203%208676%204913> fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: Ian Thomas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 7:28 PM To: [email protected]; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Powerpoint pain Greg Styles don't work the same way as you're used to in Word. I think you have 2 options: one is to use the format painter, the other is Tools > Slide Design. But I'm using very olde PPT 2003. When the panel appears at right, you can click on one of the available standard (Design Template) formats (arranged in groups, "Used in this presentation", "Recently used", "Available for use"). This will change the currently selected slide, for its "styles" only. The background for the slides probably has to be changed independently. Also, available on the same panel, is a selection "Color Schemes" That may or may not be useful. I suspect that PPT 2010 is a little more flexible, but 2003 works fine for me. I can appreciate that PPT is a palette / canvas for some people's incredibly bad taste, though. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> On Behalf Of Greg Low (GregLow.com) Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:41 PM To: 'David Connors'; 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Powerpoint pain Hi David, The issue is that I can't find anything on the toolbar that seems to do this. What I'm looking for is the equivalent of "styles" in MS Word ie: equivalent of grab a piece of text and say "Heading 1" or "Normal", etc. I just keep thinking that if there is a Slide Master and I'm happy with it, but someone's gone through and used custom fonts all over the place, that there would be an easy way to remove those and set the standard styling from the slide master back in place. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775 <tel:%281300%20775%20775> ) office | +61 419201410 <tel:%2B61%20419201410> mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 <tel:%2B61%203%208676%204913> fax SQL Down Under | Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com From: David Connors [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:%5bmailto:[email protected]%5d> Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2012 6:21 PM To: Greg Low; ozDotNet Subject: Re: Powerpoint pain Ctrl a + change the stuff on the tool bar? You can ctrl click with the format painter too iirc On Apr 11, 2012 5:59 PM, "Greg Low (GregLow.com)" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Folks, One thing I've always wanted to know about PowerPoint is how you can take a slide with rubbish fonts, colours, etc. and say "make this look like the fonts, etc. in the slide master" ie: how do you "lose" the custom formatting? Thanks in advance. Regards, Greg Dr Greg Low CEO and Principal Mentor SQL Down Under SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Regional Director 1300SQLSQL (1300 775 775 <tel:%281300%20775%20775> ) office | +61 419201410 <tel:%2B61%20419201410> mobile│ +61 3 8676 4913 <tel:%2B61%203%208676%204913> fax Web: <http://www.sqldownunder.com/> www.sqldownunder.com -- .peter.gfader. (current mood = happy!) Check this before you go live http://blog.gfader.com/2011/07/website-check-list-part-1-aspnet-4.html
