imported outline text doesn't take on Master attributes

[jonathan7007]

PP2007 on Win7 64-bit.

I created a list of words for flash cards in Word2007 and imported them into
the PP2007 outline of an existing batch of flash cards. On the slide master
there is a custom footer, date, and slide number. The single word, in a very
large font size, is formatted as Comic Sans.

When I added the slides none of the slide master's formatting showed [in the
new slides]. By clicking on my new slide and clicking Home-> Slides->Reset I
get the right font and size in the middle text box but no footer elements. I
tried clicking in the View tab to force the date and slide number to show.
That worked but why isn't the text visible on the Master Slide (in its new
interface) ?

My first set of flash cards worked just the way I thought the Slide Master
should work: it was in control of all globally inserted content.

I searched on several strings and read a lot of other messages. I checked
the Help file. Nothing clearly stated how to force the new slides - in PP2007
- to be formatted like the Master. Amazing.

jonathan7007

 

[jonathan7007]

If it were mine, I'd start by copying all of the text from Word into Notepad,
save as a plain ASCII txt file and import the text into PPT from that. That'll
ensure that PPT doesn't pick up any formatting from the Word file (which might
be part of the problem you're having).

I'd then select all of the slides in the thumbnail pane or slide sorter view and
apply/reapply the slide layout, then use Headers/Footers to turn 'em all OFF.
Then turn them all back on again. That may sort out most of the problems en masse so you don't have to go slide by slide to fix stuff up.

Steve, here's a second try at thanking you and adding here my amazement and
annoyance that a Slide Master can't do what it "seems" to advertise: be that
central dictator of style and font, footers and all. I teach now but used to
be in the corporate world and I do not remember Slide Master working any
other way. I am venting here but it is ridiculous to have to converty all the
old and new material to a base-line text file and re-do the whole effort
because I need to add more content to the slides.

When I have time will study this in detail at your web site and those
maintained by others who advise on Powerpoint. Microsoft must have had some
twisted logic for this state of the Master Slide functions. -- or have I
missed something? Anyway, end of rant.

Hey, perhaps a moderator removed my last reply because I was upset. Hmm,

Jonathan7007