I want to use a Word template (which allows me to write in Greek).

[Guest]

I have a template in Word which allows me to write in Greek. I would like to
know whether there is a way to use this template in Powerpoint so that I can
quickly and easily create slides in Greek? Using the file import is just too
slow for the amount of slides I need to create.
I use Microsoft office XP

 

[Bill Dilworth]

You should be able to set the base language that PowerPoint uses via the
Office language tool. I believe that Greek is one of the options. This
tool is an optional add-on when you install PowerPoint or any other Office
product, so you may need to update the installation from the CDs selecting
custom install and check the language tools. Check under Start ->
Programs -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Office Tools -> Language Tools.

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[Guest]

Thanks Bill,

I should have said that I am using a form of zncient Greek which is not
entirely the same as modern Greek. When using it in Word I create documents
using a special template (made up by my university) which can handle all the
various subscripts and superscripts as well as the basic font. It is this
template that I would like to use in Powerpoint so that I can use the font as
I can in in Word.
Would I be right in presuming that Powerpoint uses the normal.dot template
from Word? If this is the case then I guess that there is a way of direccting
Powerpoint to my Greek template??
Peter

 

[Bill Dilworth]

PowerPoint uses .POT template files, not .dot Word templates. Both of these
pull fonts from the fonts installed on the computer.

I'm not following what you are saying and don't know if it is because I do
not use Word that much or we are miscommunicating on labels. If the people
at the university made you a new font, then that font should be available in
PowerPoint as well. I do not understand how making a custom template
enables you to write in a different language.

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[Guest]

Hi Bill,

Yes I understand that there are different templates for Powerpoint and for
Word.

When a Word document is created it uses the normal.dot template by default.
When I want to use Greek I have to use a template called Greek97.dot. By
using this template I am then able to build the characters I need. It is done
this way because there are so many possible variations on each character. For
example, each character could have a number of superscript 'add-ons' which
are, in effect, accents to indicate how the letter in that particular word is
pronounced. Thus, the letter alpha could be written in a number of different
ways to indicate how it should be pronounced. This is quite different from
modern Greek.
The result is that there are insufficient keys on the computer to allow for
all the thousands of combinations. The way around this has resulted in the
Greek97.dot template - which provides for various key board strokes to make
up the required combination of basic character plus any required accents or
subscripts.

What it all boils down to is that I'd love to find a way to get Powerpoint
to use Greek97.dot as a base for using the Greek font. (The basic letters are
available in Powerpoint by using the font, but the various accents are not -
so as it stands I can't use the font)

Peter

 

[Guest]

Just a thought, Bill

I could send you the template and font so that you could check it yourself
and see how it does what it does??

Peter

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Interesting ... Sure, please send it along to the address in my signature.

But I think there may be an easier way to do this. Why not install a
keyboard remapping tool that you can activate when you want to type in this
language? This would reassign any or all of the keystrokes from the
keyboard and with it you could expand your charactor set to include
Ctl-Cap-A, Or Right-Cap vs. Left-Cap A. Lots of options to get the expanded
charator set to the screen. It would be similar to setting up a Dvorak
keyboard, but with several shift levels. Once set up, this should work for
any app that uses Windows font selections. Of course this may mean learning
to type the charactors using your mapping.
To find this software, you may want to Google for 'keyboard remapping'

You may also be able to use the Auto Correction feature in PowerPoint
(and all Office products) to replace some text with other text. For
instance, you can enter 'a`1' and have the auto-correct change it to ?.


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[Brian Reilly, MS MVP]

Peter,
In addition to Bill's excellent suggestions, I'd probably hazard a
guess that the Greek97.dot has some VBA code in there to capture the
keystrokes and remap them to the appropriate characters. (Bill, when
you get the copy, take a look in the VBE to see if this might be the
case.)

Or, here's another funky workaround that might work and be easy to do.
Create a page layout in Word that is landscape (assuming you want
landscape in PPT. Create styles in Word for the appropriate Font sizes
and prepare the content in Word and then just copy and paste those
pages into PPT.

Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP

 

[Guest]

Thanks Brian,
I have sent the template to Bill to see what he can come up with. I think
that your copy and paste suggestion is going to be the quickest and simplest
solution. As an end user of the template / font I am not the best person to
try to map characters that I don't even know how to create in the first
place. However, I shall do the Google thing and see how far I get with
Bill's suggestion.

Peter

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Good call Brian. Its chock full of macros (38 to be exact).

The basic routines use the auto-correct feature to replace typed text with
desired characters. Let me see what I can do with it.

Bill D.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Peter,

Would I be right in presuming that Powerpoint uses the normal.dot template
from Word? If this is the case then I guess that there is a way of direccting
Powerpoint to my Greek template??

No, I'm afraid not. PowerPoint and Word are two entirely different programs
with different reasons for being. The templates in each perform functions that
are vaguely similar in general but *very* different in the details, and they're
specific to each program.

You won't be able to use the Word templates in PowerPoint.

A PowerPoint add-in plus a template might be able to provide some of the same
functions, and if the school's Word template includes VBA, some of the same code
might be usable (with rewrites) in PowerPoint, but that's about as close as we
can get you.

 

[Guest]

Thanks guys,

You've all been a great help. Really appreciate it.

Peter