Cannot use CTRL and individually select letter in several places at the same time

[Jeff]

In Word I can hold down the CTRL key and select several different
letters in different places in the document and format those selected
spots the same way. In Powerpoint, all the text between each place I
put the cursor is selected even when I hold down the CTRL key. Is there
any way around this?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Glen Millar]

Jeff,

Maybe do the formatting on one word. Then use the <F4> key for "redo". That
is, select the new word and hit F4. It should work.

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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP

Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at
www.pptworkbench.comJeff, do the

Maybe

glen at pptworkbench dot com

Please tell us your PowerPoint / Windows version,
whether you are using vba, or
anything else relevant

 

[Guest]

Ctrl click wont work as it does in word.

As well as what Glenn said you can also do this to change a series of
letters to one format

Select a letter and set the format you want
DOUBLE click the format painter icon (paint brush)
Select the other letters in turn (they should change format)
Esc when youre done

This actually works better than ctrl click would because you can work across
several slides if you so wish

 

[Jeff]

I am using Powerpoint 2003 and am not using any VBA for it.

I often am writing chemical formulas. In Word I can select all of the
numbers in a formula using the CTRL key with mouse. I then can
subscript them all a once rather than individually. It is nice option
for me. In Powerpoint, I select, then subscript; select, then
subscript;...

Thanks,
Jeff