PP2003 master title style not applied

[Guest]

In PowerPoint 2003, I have a custom design template in which I set the master
title style to 32pt (Arial) in the slide master. I create a new slide (by
clicking the New Slide button or by clicking Insert > New Slide), and when I
click in the title space, the cursor is placed and the font size is 32pt. As
soon as I type the first character in the title, the font size changes to
28pt and the entire title text is set at 28pt.

Out of curiosity I tried repeating these steps with the master set to 28pt
and the result in a new slide was a reduction to 24pt.

Then, curiouser and curiouser, I tried the same 2 exercises in PowerPoint
2000 and the slide title text remained as set in the slide master (which is
the behavior I want).

Does anyone know of a workaround or trick to avoid or fix this problem?

 

[Michael Koerner]

Once you made the changes to the Master, Did you save it as a Template file
(.POT)? Did you apply your new template to you current presentation? Have
all the updates for your 2003 been applied?

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| In PowerPoint 2003, I have a custom design template in which I set the
master
| title style to 32pt (Arial) in the slide master. I create a new slide (by
| clicking the New Slide button or by clicking Insert > New Slide), and when
I
| click in the title space, the cursor is placed and the font size is 32pt.
As
| soon as I type the first character in the title, the font size changes to
| 28pt and the entire title text is set at 28pt.
|
| Out of curiosity I tried repeating these steps with the master set to 28pt
| and the result in a new slide was a reduction to 24pt.
|
| Then, curiouser and curiouser, I tried the same 2 exercises in PowerPoint
| 2000 and the slide title text remained as set in the slide master (which
is
| the behavior I want).
|
| Does anyone know of a workaround or trick to avoid or fix this problem?

 

[Guest]

1. No, I am avoiding using the POT because it consistently does NOT apply
the Notes Master custom design/layout. (See
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...e-powerpoint&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1)

2. I have applied all the PowerPoint 2003 updates that I could find as of
3/8/06, (all contained in SP2).

 

[Michael Koerner]

You cannot avoid using Template (.POT) files. Every presentation is based on
a template (.POT) file. If you make changes to any Master, whether it be
Slide/Title Master, Handout Master or Notes Master. If you do not save it as
a template file all your changes will be lost.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


| 1. No, I am avoiding using the POT because it consistently does NOT apply
| the Notes Master custom design/layout. (See
|
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...e-powerpoint&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1)
|
| 2. I have applied all the PowerPoint 2003 updates that I could find as of
| 3/8/06, (all contained in SP2).
|
|
| "Michael Koerner" wrote:
|
| > Once you made the changes to the Master, Did you save it as a Template
file
| > (.POT)? Did you apply your new template to you current presentation?
Have
| > all the updates for your 2003 been applied?
| >
| > --
| > <>Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup<>
| > <><>Email unless specifically requested will not be opened<><>
| > <><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><>
| > <><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><>
| > Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]
| >
| >
| > | > | In PowerPoint 2003, I have a custom design template in which I set the
| > master
| > | title style to 32pt (Arial) in the slide master. I create a new slide
(by
| > | clicking the New Slide button or by clicking Insert > New Slide), and
when
| > I
| > | click in the title space, the cursor is placed and the font size is
32pt.
| > As
| > | soon as I type the first character in the title, the font size changes
to
| > | 28pt and the entire title text is set at 28pt.
| > |
| > | Out of curiosity I tried repeating these steps with the master set to
28pt
| > | and the result in a new slide was a reduction to 24pt.
| > |
| > | Then, curiouser and curiouser, I tried the same 2 exercises in
PowerPoint
| > | 2000 and the slide title text remained as set in the slide master
(which
| > is
| > | the behavior I want).
| > |
| > | Does anyone know of a workaround or trick to avoid or fix this
problem?
| >
| >
| >

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

In PowerPoint 2003, I have a custom design template in which I set the master
title style to 32pt (Arial) in the slide master. I create a new slide (by
clicking the New Slide button or by clicking Insert > New Slide), and when I
click in the title space, the cursor is placed and the font size is 32pt. As
soon as I type the first character in the title, the font size changes to
28pt and the entire title text is set at 28pt.

Try: Tools, AutoCorrect Options, AutoFormat As You Type tab, remove checks next
to the two "AutoFit xxx text to placeholder" items and click OK.

Does that help?

To expand on Michael's post:

Changes to the slide master will affect only the current presentation, not other
presntations based on the same template (POT file) or other presentations
created from that template later.

I get the impression that you understand and expect this though.