Is there a way to automatically put something like a
cascading-style sheet (CSS) mechanism in powerpoint? I've
seen it done, but it's done manually, so any changes can
be quite painful if they affect the structure of the
presentation (i.e., you have to go back and edit each
chart to correct it)? ( If someone is inspired to develop
and sell this I would probably buy it, and I have some
other ideas on how to make this feature really useful and
easy to use. ) -jim

jim,

The ppt to html tool
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/FAQ00004.htm


Everything there is to know about PowerPoint's HTML
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00322.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

I guess I am not sure I see it, but maybe that will work.
I am just looking at something that automatically extracts
the hierarchy of a presentation and puts a cue for the
reader on each slide. The only way I know of is manual,
which is tedious. I made the hopefully correct analogy of
css, which does this on web pages. But I don't want to
generate html. I'll look at this tool again. Thanks
anyway -jim

>-----Original Message-----
>jim,
>
>Everything there is to know about PowerPoint's HTML
>http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00322.htm
>

Have you explored the use of templates? That's the closest thing I can
think of in PowerPoint.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP
http://www.soniacoleman.com
(Autorun CD and free templates)

"jimboluke jimboluke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1380901c41a6e$87ca3fc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a way to automatically put something like a
> cascading-style sheet (CSS) mechanism in powerpoint? I've
> seen it done, but it's done manually, so any changes can
> be quite painful if they affect the structure of the
> presentation (i.e., you have to go back and edit each
> chart to correct it)? ( If someone is inspired to develop
> and sell this I would probably buy it, and I have some
> other ideas on how to make this feature really useful and
> easy to use. ) -jim

jimboluke jimboluke wrote:
> Is there a way to automatically put something like a
> cascading-style sheet (CSS) mechanism in powerpoint? I've
> seen it done, but it's done manually, so any changes can
> be quite painful if they affect the structure of the
> presentation (i.e., you have to go back and edit each
> chart to correct it)? ( If someone is inspired to develop
> and sell this I would probably buy it, and I have some
> other ideas on how to make this feature really useful and
> easy to use. ) -jim


What kind of "changes" do you mean?
You can make changes to a master slide
and then apply those changes to all existing
and new slides automatically using the
Format/Slide Design command (in PP 2003).
This has the same effect, in PowerPoint, as
applying a style sheet (css) to a group of HTML
pages.

See the topic "Apply a design template"
in the PP online help.

--
Michael West

> Is there a way to automatically put something like a
> cascading-style sheet (CSS) mechanism in powerpoint?

I'm not sure what you mean by this. CSS is a way of creating styles for things
like text and boxes in HTML. Are you looking for a way to create Word-like
styles in PowerPoint, or are you after something like what are called
"Breadcrumbs"? Ie, a trail showing where you've been and how to get back
there?


I've
> seen it done, but it's done manually, so any changes can
> be quite painful if they affect the structure of the
> presentation (i.e., you have to go back and edit each
> chart to correct it)? ( If someone is inspired to develop
> and sell this I would probably buy it, and I have some
> other ideas on how to make this feature really useful and
> easy to use. ) -jim
>

--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com

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