I am accustomed to an earlier version of PowerPoint and am having a few
problems adjusting to PP 2002.

a) In PP from Office 97, at the bottom left there were icons for quickly
switching to Normal View, Slide Sorter View, Slide Show and Notes Page. In
the PP 2002 version only the first 3 are present. Is there a way to add the
missing icon for Notes Page?

b) When I insert a new slide into a presentation, it defaults to one with 2
textboxes. Is there a way to make it default to a blank slide?

Thanks.

Customizing Toolbars
http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/html/toolbars.html

Create a default "blank" presentation with your own defaults
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00245.htm

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Thanks,
Glenna Shaw
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.pptmagic.com



"Jeff" wrote:

> I am accustomed to an earlier version of PowerPoint and am having a few
> problems adjusting to PP 2002.
>
> a) In PP from Office 97, at the bottom left there were icons for quickly
> switching to Normal View, Slide Sorter View, Slide Show and Notes Page. In
> the PP 2002 version only the first 3 are present. Is there a way to add the
> missing icon for Notes Page?
>
> b) When I insert a new slide into a presentation, it defaults to one with 2
> textboxes. Is there a way to make it default to a blank slide?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>

Dear Glena. Thank you very much.

However, I know how to customize toolbars. My problem is that there seems
to be no way to add the icon for "Notes Page" to the toolbar at the bottom
right using customize. It only has 3 icons (for Normal View, Slide Sorter
View, Slide Show) but not the icon for Notes Page that I recall was present
in my earlier version of PowerPoint. When within customize, I try to copy
the NotesPage to it, it just will not accept it there. Is there something
different I should do?

Thanks.

Jeff

PPTMagician wrote:
> Customizing Toolbars
> http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/html/toolbars.html
>
> Create a default "blank" presentation with your own defaults
> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00245.htm
>
>
>> I am accustomed to an earlier version of PowerPoint and am having a
>> few problems adjusting to PP 2002.
>>
>> a) In PP from Office 97, at the bottom left there were icons for
>> quickly switching to Normal View, Slide Sorter View, Slide Show and
>> Notes Page. In the PP 2002 version only the first 3 are present.
>> Is there a way to add the missing icon for Notes Page?
>>
>> b) When I insert a new slide into a presentation, it defaults to one
>> with 2 textboxes. Is there a way to make it default to a blank
>> slide?
>>
>> Thanks.

PowerPoint 97 did offer you a view of the Notes page, but that was the only way
that you could access the notes and add to them. In PowerPoint 2002 and 2003,
the Notes Pane was added and is always available just under the Normal slide
pane. If you want to access the Notes Page quickly, you can use Alt+V and then
P.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com


"Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dear Glena. Thank you very much.
>
> However, I know how to customize toolbars. My problem is that there seems to
> be no way to add the icon for "Notes Page" to the toolbar at the bottom right
> using customize. It only has 3 icons (for Normal View, Slide Sorter View,
> Slide Show) but not the icon for Notes Page that I recall was present in my
> earlier version of PowerPoint. When within customize, I try to copy the
> NotesPage to it, it just will not accept it there. Is there something
> different I should do?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff
>
> PPTMagician wrote:
>> Customizing Toolbars
>> http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/html/toolbars.html
>>
>> Create a default "blank" presentation with your own defaults
>> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00245.htm
>>
>>
>>> I am accustomed to an earlier version of PowerPoint and am having a
>>> few problems adjusting to PP 2002.
>>>
>>> a) In PP from Office 97, at the bottom left there were icons for
>>> quickly switching to Normal View, Slide Sorter View, Slide Show and
>>> Notes Page. In the PP 2002 version only the first 3 are present.
>>> Is there a way to add the missing icon for Notes Page?
>>>
>>> b) When I insert a new slide into a presentation, it defaults to one
>>> with 2 textboxes. Is there a way to make it default to a blank
>>> slide?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>
>
>

Thank you. I did not know that.

Jeff

"Sonia" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> PowerPoint 97 did offer you a view of the Notes page, but that was the
> only way that you could access the notes and add to them. In PowerPoint
> 2002 and 2003, the Notes Pane was added and is always available just under
> the Normal slide pane. If you want to access the Notes Page quickly, you
> can use Alt+V and then P.
> --
>
> Sonia Coleman
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
> http://www.soniacoleman.com
>
>
> "Jeff" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Dear Glena. Thank you very much.
>>
>> However, I know how to customize toolbars. My problem is that there
>> seems to be no way to add the icon for "Notes Page" to the toolbar at the
>> bottom right using customize. It only has 3 icons (for Normal View,
>> Slide Sorter View, Slide Show) but not the icon for Notes Page that I
>> recall was present in my earlier version of PowerPoint. When within
>> customize, I try to copy the NotesPage to it, it just will not accept it
>> there. Is there something different I should do?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> PPTMagician wrote:
>>> Customizing Toolbars
>>> http://www.powerpointworkbench.com/html/toolbars.html
>>>
>>> Create a default "blank" presentation with your own defaults
>>> http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00245.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>> I am accustomed to an earlier version of PowerPoint and am having a
>>>> few problems adjusting to PP 2002.
>>>>
>>>> a) In PP from Office 97, at the bottom left there were icons for
>>>> quickly switching to Normal View, Slide Sorter View, Slide Show and
>>>> Notes Page. In the PP 2002 version only the first 3 are present.
>>>> Is there a way to add the missing icon for Notes Page?
>>>>
>>>> b) When I insert a new slide into a presentation, it defaults to one
>>>> with 2 textboxes. Is there a way to make it default to a blank
>>>> slide?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>
>