Yes there is, and I'm glad you asked! Google is your friend. Go to
http://www.google.com/, click on the "Groups" tab, click on "Advanced Groups
Search". Then enter microsoft.public.powerpoint in the Newsgroup box and
enter your search criteria and click on Google Search. Google has "years"
of posts, so you might want to limit the date range. For example, if the
question is about PowerPoint 2002, you would want to set the start date to
about 11-20-01 and the end date to today's date.
You can do some powerful searches in google.
"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0b2801c35db7$8a9d5170$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I figured it out ! Amazing. 3 plus years I have bitched
> about this problem before turning to newsgroup.
> Newsgroups do work !
>
> One followup Q though - Is there any other way to sift
> through newsgroup msgs ? Like to do search or
> categorize ? It seems painful to have to walk through
> 10000 msgs looking for the gold nugget you need on page
> 350.
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sounds like exactly what I would like to do. But what
> >template file where do I open ? I cannot find the
> >templates in the autolayout anywhere ? I can insert one
> >and change it there but that did not work.
> >
> >Sorry for the confusion. Could you please give specific
> >instructions (click by click) to get the template file
> >open. All I know is start ppt, open blank pres, or click
> >on new pres from menubar. Don't think thats what you
> mean
> >though.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Bob
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>The auto layouts are "fixed" and you can't add or change
> >them. However,
> >>they don't control the default font. That is controlled
> >by your template
> >>and can be changed on the template, or "on the fly".
> >>
> >>Open the template (.POT) file. Go to View > Master >
> >Slide Master. Select
> >>the Text tool and click on an empty area of the slide.
> >Go to Format > Font.
> >>Tweak the settings to taste and before exiting the
> >dialog, check the box
> >>next to "Default for new objects". Go to File > Save as
> >and be sure that
> >>Design Template is chosen as the file type. The Save as
> >dialog will change
> >>to point to the path where templates are saved. Keep
> the
> >same name and
> >>select OK. Now whenever you apply that particular
> >template, the default
> >>template will be pre-set to your preference.
> >>
> >>You can make the same change to a completed presentation
> >or a new
> >>presentation. In Normal view, just select the Text tool
> >and click on an
> >>empty area of the slide. Go to Format > Font. Tweak
> the
> >settings to taste
> >>and before exiting the dialog check the box next
> >to "Default for new
> >>objects". The defaul is now set for this presentation
> >only.
> >>--
> >>
> >>Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
> >>http://www.soniacoleman.com
> >>(Tutorials and Autorun CD Project Creator)
> >>PowerPoint Live! - Featured Speaker
> >>Tucson, AZ; October 12-15, 2003
> >>
> >>
> >>"Bob" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>news:0aa001c35da2$0bf66c90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> Arrrgghhh
> >>>
> >>> How can I change the available autolayout choices
> >>> available when I click the new slide button from my
> >>> toolbar ?
> >>>
> >>> I customized my toolbar by adding the insert slide
> >button
> >>> from the insert command list. It provides a list of
> >>> different slide types I can insert. But I hate Times
> >>> Roman Fonts. I want to change the fonts in all of the
> >>> autolayout choices available for a new slide.
> >>>
> >>> I thought you just bring one up, modify to your liking
> >and
> >>> save as a template (.pot) with the same name (ie
> >Bulleted
> >>> List.pot). But when I go back to insert new slide and
> >>> click bulleted list, I get the same Times Roman
> slide.
> >Am
> >>> I not allowed to customize the contents of the
> >autolayout
> >>> choices ?
> >>>
> >>> HELP
> >>> Frustrated Office User
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >
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