setting autoshape defaults (lines, shapes)

[Guest]

i am looking to do the following:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

is this possible?

i have access to a lot of templates (which i did not create) - i did find
one that has their auto shapes programmed w/ no lines/borders, and their line
colors are black. [as a side note, i tried messing w/ the defaults and i cant
alter/change the defaults!]

also: is there a difference between right-clicking an object and setting the
default vs. double clicking the object and clicking the checkbox @ the bottom
that says "Default for new objects"?

 

[Guest]

Set the defaults for autoshapes as you say by right clicking etc and then
save as a design template named "blank"

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

i am looking to do the following:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

is this possible?

i have access to a lot of templates (which i did not create) - i did find
one that has their auto shapes programmed w/ no lines/borders, and their line
colors are black. [as a side note, i tried messing w/ the defaults and i cant
alter/change the defaults!]

You'd need to open the template file (*.POT) in PowerPoint and change the
defaults there. If there are no slides in the template, do the work on the
slide master; you might have to draw e.g. a rectangle, format it to suit, then
rightclick, choose Set Autoshape Defaults, and then delete it. Finally save as
a template again.

 

[Guest]

no - even in theory this solution would not work. whatever order you do these
steps in, they contradict and overwrite each other:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

any other ideas?

 

[Guest]

i know this - i am working in a reg ppt file, not a pot file (i save
templates as read-only). please note:
whatever order you do these steps in, they contradict and overwrite each
other:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white
how can i set these defaults w/o having them contradict each other?

i am looking to do the following:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

is this possible?

i have access to a lot of templates (which i did not create) - i did find
one that has their auto shapes programmed w/ no lines/borders, and their line
colors are black. [as a side note, i tried messing w/ the defaults and i cant
alter/change the defaults!]

You'd need to open the template file (*.POT) in PowerPoint and change the
defaults there. If there are no slides in the template, do the work on the
slide master; you might have to draw e.g. a rectangle, format it to suit, then
rightclick, choose Set Autoshape Defaults, and then delete it. Finally save as
a template again.


-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

no - even in theory this solution would not work. whatever order you do these
steps in, they contradict and overwrite each other:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

PowerPoint doesn't maintain default colors for fill/outline on a per shape type
basis. One setting applies to all shapes types.

I'm not sure how the author created the template you've described, where lines can
have different colors than the outline of autoshapes.

If you'd like to email me a small (SMALL!) sample at steve at-sign pptools dot com
I'd be happy to have a look.

any other ideas?

i am looking to do the following:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

is this possible?

i have access to a lot of templates (which i did not create) - i did find
one that has their auto shapes programmed w/ no lines/borders, and their line
colors are black. [as a side note, i tried messing w/ the defaults and i cant
alter/change the defaults!]

also: is there a difference between right-clicking an object and setting the
default vs. double clicking the object and clicking the checkbox @ the bottom
that says "Default for new objects"?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for sending the file. There's something very odd about this thing; so far I
haven't worked out how this is done, but will get back to you one way or the other.

no - even in theory this solution would not work. whatever order you do these
steps in, they contradict and overwrite each other:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

PowerPoint doesn't maintain default colors for fill/outline on a per shape type
basis. One setting applies to all shapes types.

I'm not sure how the author created the template you've described, where lines can
have different colors than the outline of autoshapes.

If you'd like to email me a small (SMALL!) sample at steve at-sign pptools dot com
I'd be happy to have a look.

any other ideas?

i am looking to do the following:
1. set the default line color to dark blue
2. set the default autoshape line color to white

is this possible?

i have access to a lot of templates (which i did not create) - i did find
one that has their auto shapes programmed w/ no lines/borders, and their line
colors are black. [as a side note, i tried messing w/ the defaults and i cant
alter/change the defaults!]

also: is there a difference between right-clicking an object and setting the
default vs. double clicking the object and clicking the checkbox @ the bottom
that says "Default for new objects"?

-----------------------------------------
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================