I chose "title and 2-column text" and typed in one bulleted item for each
column. Then I applied "title, text and 2 content." The bulleted items
remained in place i.e. no change. Now, when I changed to "title, 2 content
and text," the bulleted item on the left was moved to the right and
overlapped with the bulleted item on the right. I use V. 2003. Is it just
me having this problem?

Appreciate any input.

When you have a show running, please press your Windows key to bring up the
task bar.

What are the names of the tasks listed on the task bar?


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"Epinn" <(E-Mail Removed)_SPAM> wrote in message
news:5F84FBF5-D9D4-46D7-B06F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I chose "title and 2-column text" and typed in one bulleted item for each
> column. Then I applied "title, text and 2 content." The bulleted items
> remained in place i.e. no change. Now, when I changed to "title, 2
> content
> and text," the bulleted item on the left was moved to the right and
> overlapped with the bulleted item on the right. I use V. 2003. Is it
> just
> me having this problem?
>
> Appreciate any input.

That exactly what should happen!

case 2

Powerpoint puts text 1 to left and two placeholders to right - extra text
box is ignored

case 3

placeholders to left / text one to right and extra text ignored ie still
right under the first text
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist



"Epinn" wrote:

> I chose "title and 2-column text" and typed in one bulleted item for each
> column. Then I applied "title, text and 2 content." The bulleted items
> remained in place i.e. no change. Now, when I changed to "title, 2 content
> and text," the bulleted item on the left was moved to the right and
> overlapped with the bulleted item on the right. I use V. 2003. Is it just
> me having this problem?
>
> Appreciate any input.

Bill,

Thank you for responding. The problem occurred while I was creating the
slide(s). I have only been using PPT for a couple of weeks. So, I am not
too sure about your instruction. I didn't really have a slide show to run
but just one "bad" slide. Anyway, I did the following:-

(1) Displayed the bad slide on the screen (normal view)
(2) Pressed F5
(3) Pressed Ctrl-T
(4) Task bar showed Microsoft PowerPoint and PowerPoint Slide Show

Did I do it right?

I am curious if you have the same problem when you duplicate all the steps
listed in my first post.

Look forward to your reply. By the way, I like your(?) dog. Can't tell
what breed though.

Epinn

"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

> When you have a show running, please press your Windows key to bring up the
> task bar.
>
> What are the names of the tasks listed on the task bar?
>
>
> --
> Bill Dilworth
> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
> Users helping fellow users.
> http://billdilworth.mvps.org
> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
> yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
> com www.pptfaq.com
> ..
>
> "Epinn" <(E-Mail Removed)_SPAM> wrote in message
> news:5F84FBF5-D9D4-46D7-B06F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I chose "title and 2-column text" and typed in one bulleted item for each
> > column. Then I applied "title, text and 2 content." The bulleted items
> > remained in place i.e. no change. Now, when I changed to "title, 2
> > content
> > and text," the bulleted item on the left was moved to the right and
> > overlapped with the bulleted item on the right. I use V. 2003. Is it
> > just
> > me having this problem?
> >
> > Appreciate any input.
>
>
>

John,

I didn't type anything to text 1 of either layouts. I only had the left
bullet and the right bullet from the first slide. They overlapped each other
under case 3.

case 2 - Don't understand why the right bullet from case 1 didn't get moved
to the left. In case 3, the left bullet was moved to the right.

case 3 - It wasn't text 1 laying on top of the right bullet (extra text
box). It was left bullet on top of right bullet.

This is not really important and I was just curious if there was a problem
with my system.

Thanks for your time.

"John Wilson" wrote:

> That exactly what should happen!
>
> case 2
>
> Powerpoint puts text 1 to left and two placeholders to right - extra text
> box is ignored
>
> case 3
>
> placeholders to left / text one to right and extra text ignored ie still
> right under the first text
> --
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Did that answer the question / help?
> _____________________________
> John Wilson
> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
>
>
>
> "Epinn" wrote:
>
> > I chose "title and 2-column text" and typed in one bulleted item for each
> > column. Then I applied "title, text and 2 content." The bulleted items
> > remained in place i.e. no change. Now, when I changed to "title, 2 content
> > and text," the bulleted item on the left was moved to the right and
> > overlapped with the bulleted item on the right. I use V. 2003. Is it just
> > me having this problem?
> >
> > Appreciate any input.

I don't remember what happens specifically in which of your cases, but since
you're just wondering in general... :-)

It's really just got to do with how many text placeholders are on the chosen
slide layout and where they're positioned on the slide. No problems with
your system -- at least not in this area!

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"Epinn" <(E-Mail Removed)_SPAM> wrote in message
news:414495FA-C97D-48C8-AFDD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> John,
>
> I didn't type anything to text 1 of either layouts. I only had the left
> bullet and the right bullet from the first slide. They overlapped each
> other
> under case 3.
>
> case 2 - Don't understand why the right bullet from case 1 didn't get
> moved
> to the left. In case 3, the left bullet was moved to the right.
>
> case 3 - It wasn't text 1 laying on top of the right bullet (extra text
> box). It was left bullet on top of right bullet.
>
> This is not really important and I was just curious if there was a problem
> with my system.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> "John Wilson" wrote:
>
>> That exactly what should happen!
>>
>> case 2
>>
>> Powerpoint puts text 1 to left and two placeholders to right - extra text
>> box is ignored
>>
>> case 3
>>
>> placeholders to left / text one to right and extra text ignored ie still
>> right under the first text
>> --
>>
>> -----------------------------------------
>> Did that answer the question / help?
>> _____________________________
>> John Wilson
>> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
>>
>>
>>
>> "Epinn" wrote:
>>
>> > I chose "title and 2-column text" and typed in one bulleted item for
>> > each
>> > column. Then I applied "title, text and 2 content." The bulleted
>> > items
>> > remained in place i.e. no change. Now, when I changed to "title, 2
>> > content
>> > and text," the bulleted item on the left was moved to the right and
>> > overlapped with the bulleted item on the right. I use V. 2003. Is it
>> > just
>> > me having this problem?
>> >
>> > Appreciate any input.