Default shadow settings

[David James]

Is there a way to change the default shadow settings when I choose a
lower-right drop shadow for example?

I would like to have the default be 0% transparency and 10 for distance. It
is a pain to have to set it for every object I create.

I don't want to use format pickup, because I don't want all the attributes
all the time.

What about other object settings? I assume if there's a way for one then
there's a way for all.

Can this be done in the registry? It has to be getting it's defaults from
somewhere.

It sure would be nice if you could change these defaults through the
interface.

 

[David James]

Thanks, Steve.

The first option would cause more problems than it solves because of using
different fonts.

I was looking at your add-in earlier today - and I actually used to use it
with PPT 2003 - but I didn't see anywhere that PPT2007 compatibility is
mentioned - and you didn't mention it below. I assumed that it probably
doesn't - as I have found very few add-ins that do - a couple of which I
really need. Given how long 2007 has been out, this has been somewhat
surprising - but then I'm not a VBA programmer.

Why MS doesn't have a user-defined styles capability has always been a total
puzzle - and frustration.

So does Style Shapes work with 2007?

Thanks, again.
Dave