Slide layout problem, 2-column

[Guest]

I'm running Powerpoint 2003, (on WinXP SP2 system). When I select the
default 2-column layout (two columns of bullets) from the Slide Layout menu,
the bullets are placed very poorly, at least to my design eye:

1. There's no space between the bullet and text
2. When a line runs over, the next line is left justified under the bullet,
not indented under where the 1st line text starts.

Both of these are different from the default layout for single column bullet
lists, I'm not sure why they can't be the same.

Yes, I can change 1 slide, but I don't see how to change the default
2-column layout. So the next slide with this layout has to be manually
changed too. I see no way to edit the layout itself. Is there a way?

I also tried a different route: setting up a Master using the 2 column
layout and then editing the master to get layout the way I want it, so I
could then apply this master. I can't get a master with anything other than
Slide (single column of bullets) or Title layout.

I searched here in the forum, couldn't find anything directly on point.
Help! And thanks in advance.

Alex

 

[Guest]

Hi,

PowerPoint doesn't offer the ability to create custom placeholder on the
Slide Master.
I'm usually very happy with the 2 column layout so it may be the way you're
formatting the main placeholder. Basically it just gets split in two for the
two column layout.
The work-around is to format the first two column slide the way you want and
insert subsequent slides by clicking on Insert, Duplicate Slide.

Hope this helps,
Glenna

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure of the terminology. By "main placeholder," do you mean the
formatted text box with bullets on the single-column bullet list? That one
works fine for me -- bullet, then indent, then text, and wrapped lines indent
to align with under the text, not under the bullet. When it gets split into
two for the 2-column bullet list layout, the spacing is not the same as on
the main single column bullet list layout, that's the whole problem. If it's
designed to be the same, how can I get the 2-column version back to following
the single column layout?

Otherwise, you're right that I can duplicate the slide, that's what I'm
doing. It just sort of defeats the purposed of having a "2-column" slide
design, and I'm assuming that this is not what is intended.

Thanks much,
Alex

 

[Guest]

Your text size on the SlideMaster is probably making it wrap in the 2 column
layout. The second placeholder automatically takes the same formatting as
the single placeholder. See:
http://www.echosvoice.com/multipletemplates.htm for more about editing the
Slide Master.

Glenna

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'm running Powerpoint 2003, (on WinXP SP2 system). When I select the
default 2-column layout (two columns of bullets) from the Slide Layout menu,
the bullets are placed very poorly, at least to my design eye:

1. There's no space between the bullet and text
2. When a line runs over, the next line is left justified under the bullet,
not indented under where the 1st line text starts.

PPT2002 SP1, Win2K here and I'm not seeing this; haven't EVER seen it in any
version of PPT on any version of Windows in fact. Which template is your
presentation based on? Has the master slide text placeholder been edited?
That's what the tab ruler settings are based on, even for the two-column text
slide.