Where to report "bugs" or "inconsistencies" in PP 2003

[Mark Durrenberger]

Hi,
Where does one report "Bugs" in PP 2003?

For example,
I've started using multiple masters - first I created my own design template
(POT)
And put many masters within.

One of my masters only uses a title and some graphics I added. However in
the Thumbnail view of the masters, the text placeholder is showing (Not a
bug that causes problems but just sloppy code)

Also, In the slide sorter view, I copied a slide that had the background
turned off

Pasted the slide into several locations (also in the slide sorter view) and
the background is toggled back on each time I past the slide.

Changing things on a master does not always result in changes on a slide
(can't seem to be consistent with this one)

Mark

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[Sonia]

Also, In the slide sorter view, I copied a slide that had the background

turned off

Pasted the slide into several locations (also in the slide sorter view) and
the background is toggled back on each time I past the slide.

In PowerPoint 2003, go to Tools > Options > Edit tab and make sure that you
have checked "Show Paste Options buttons". Now try copying and pasting a
slide again. At the lower right corner of the pasted slide you'll see an
icon that looks like a clipboard. Click on it and you'll see two
options - - 1) keep source formatting and 2) Use Design Template formatting
(the default). If you click on #1 your pasted slide will have the
background omitted just like the source slide.

 

[Mark Durrenberger]

Thanks,
I'll make that change. But what about the other "issues"

Mark


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_________________________________________________________
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
________________________________________________________

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones

 

[Sonia]

One of my masters only uses a title and some graphics I added. However
I can't replicate this. Maybe we need more details. Which text
placeholder? Go to View > Master > Slide Master and select the master
you're referring to. Go to Format > Master Layout. Which of the
Placeholders is not checked?

What things? When?

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

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Hello,

I cannot repro all of your issues, but the first one (how slide master
thumbnails appear) is by design. The appearance of the text placeholders in
the slide and title masters is not intended to represent whether or not the
actual master contains those particular placeholders but, simply, to help
the customer identify whether the master is a Title Master (only applies to
slides using the Title slide layout) or whether it's a Slide Master
(applies to all other slide layouts).

If you (or anyone else reading this message) have suggestions for how to
make this easier to do in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your feedback
(in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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