"Default for new objects" is not working

[Guest]

On a slide I click the text box icon on the drawing tool bar and type eoeugf
or something. The text box is completely transparent and borderless. I format
the text box so it has a white background and a black-line border. I click
"Defaults for new objects" and click "OK". Then I do another text box. But
this new text box is still completely tansparent and borderless. I type
oawuwfr or something and click outside the text box. It is still completely
transparent and borderless. How do I change the text box defaults so it
always comes up with white background and black line borders?

 

[Sonia]

Default settings for text boxes don't include the fill and line. However, you
can create your first text box, select the Format Painter tool (looks like a
paint brush) click on the formatted text box and then click on the one you want
to format identically.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Echo S]

That's true.

However, if you set your text box with the line and fill and use the
right-click Set Autoshape Defaults, you can then use a rectangle (as opposed
to a textbox) to create your textboxes, and they'll have the line and fill.