Moving between text boxes

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Donald Jacobs

I'm new to PowerPoint - using Office 2000 product. When I start a page,
I put the mouse pointer in the Title box. Then I want to move to the
subtitle box. The only way I can find to do it is to again place the
pointer in the subtext box and click. Since my hands are already on the
keyboard to provide the title information, is there a KEYBOARD method to
move the insertion point to the subtitle text box.

Thanks, in advance, for any help.

Don Jacobs
 
You don't have to type on the slide. You can type in the Outline Pane (to your
left). The first typing will automatically insert in the title placeholder.
Press Shift + Enter and now the typing will insert in the text placeholder.
Tabs will indent bullet levels. Press Enter and a new slide will be added.

Experiment with it and I think you'll find it a good approach.
 
I'm new to PowerPoint - using Office 2000 product. When I start a page,
I put the mouse pointer in the Title box. Then I want to move to the
subtitle box. The only way I can find to do it is to again place the
pointer in the subtext box and click. Since my hands are already on the
keyboard to provide the title information, is there a KEYBOARD method to
move the insertion point to the subtitle text box.
Click to expand...

Ctrl+Enter will do it, unless you're in the last placeholder on the slide, in
which case it will insert a new slide.

You can pound a lot of text into PPT even more quickly by using the outline
view, by the way.

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Thanks for the pointer. It works but slightly different than the
esc-tab combination. I was aware of the outline view but there are some
instances when I want to close that window and work from the slides
themselves
 
Thanks for the pointer. It works but slightly different than the
esc-tab combination. I was aware of the outline view but there are some
instances when I want to close that window and work from the slides
themselves
 
Thanks for the pointer. It works but slightly different than the
ctrl-enter combination recommended by two other responders.
 
Thanks for the pointer. It works but slightly different than the
esc-tab combination. I was aware of the outline view but there are some
instances when I want to close that window and work from the slides
themselves
Click to expand...

Ctrl+Enter works within text placeholders on slides, not just within the
outliner.



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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
================================================
 
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