Opening PP '03 in PP '07 - background graphics

[Jim C]

I put together a PP in Office 2003, which I no longer have. I'm now running
Office 2007. In my presentation, I put several "background graphics" on my
slides that I now need to remove/update with new info.

In viewing the slide master, I can't get to some of these graphics.

Can someone please tell me how to get to these files on PP-2007 so I can
edit/remove them??

Thanks!!

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi Jim

Are they part of a background fill rather than elements on the slide? Are
you sure you are checking the 'mother' master (the big one at the top) and
not the individual layouts?

Lucy

 

[Jim C]

Hi, Lucy!!

In this presentation that we made some time back, if, in PP-2007, you look
at the master slide, in the left hand thumbnail pane, there is a master slide
type tree. Under the main master there are several sub masters that have
various elements on them. I can access these slides, but I cannot for the
life of me get to where we placed an old logo and name in what appears to be
the footer. In looking everywhere, I can't find this. And, there is also one
graphic element that I can't find either.

Hope this info helps.

Jim
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Jim C / Atlanta

Hi Jim

Are they part of a background fill rather than elements on the slide? Are
you sure you are checking the 'mother' master (the big one at the top) and
not the individual layouts?

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi Jim

Masters have changed a bit since '03 - now we get many layouts (the
sub-masters) that are based on the big 'mother' master. These layouts can
have their own backgrounds, fonts, elements etc but also contain any
elements on the 'mother' master. What catches me out a lot is that when I go
to the master view, PowerPoint always takes me to the layout master that the
slide is based on, not the 'mother' master so I'm unable to delete things
that are on the slide. The great advantage I have found (now we can create
our own layouts) is that I no longer need multiple masters, just multiple
layouts (though it took me a while to figure that one out). Does that make
sense?

So, can you select the logo on the 'mother' master? If not, could it be part
of an image that is being used as a fill? As for footers, have you checked
the footer dialogue box (insert tab)?

If you are still having problems, feel free to send me a slide or two:
lucyATaneasiertomorrowDOTcomDOTau (make the obvious changes).

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

Hi, Lucy!!

In this presentation that we made some time back, if, in PP-2007, you look
at the master slide, in the left hand thumbnail pane, there is a master
slide
type tree. Under the main master there are several sub masters that have
various elements on them. I can access these slides, but I cannot for the
life of me get to where we placed an old logo and name in what appears to
be
the footer. In looking everywhere, I can't find this. And, there is also
one
graphic element that I can't find either.

Hope this info helps.

Jim

 

[Jim C]

Lucy, just sent you an email with the file.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Just for others' edification, there was text in a footer on one set of
masters and a logo & text box on another set.

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

 

[JaimeZX]

Lucy, this reply was very helpful to me. I am travelling for work and
therefore am forced to use Office 2k7 at this location. I was having trouble
deleting a graphic from the master slide, not realizing that there is a
"mother master." You solved it for me!

Sill. I can't understand why MS made it so incredibly complex compared with
2003 and then the Help file so sparse.

Thank you!

Jim

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Really glad to help Jim

It is more complex, but kind of more simple once you get used to it, if you
see what I mean ;-). As I said once I figured out I only needed one master &
many layouts life got a whole lot easier - particularly as I can just click
on a layout to change rather than having to select a design then click the
drop down then click 'apply to selected slides' like in the old days (the
number of times I changed an entire presentation by mistake - thankyou ctrl
z!). As for help... yeah well, not really all that helpful a lot of the
time... but you have us and we all have each other

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

 

[Dave W.]

Lucy,

Just another thank you! Our company is migrating to 2007 and its
frustrating "relearning" office after many years on the older tab menus. The
Help menu kept telling me to reset the background, but your solution really
corrected the problem.

Thanks,
Dave W.

 

[Lucy Thomson]

Hi Dave

Glad to help

Just as a side note, you may find the 'mapping workbooks' or whatever they
renamed them to (they used to be called 'where have all the commands
gone?' - a far better name if you ask me) here handy in your move to the new
interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

And lovely Steve created an add-in for PowerPoint based on the workbook:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00845.htm

Lucy

--
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au