Slide Master 2003 > Slide Master 2007

M

Malenefri

How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point 2003 using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old slide
master anymore.
 
M

Malenefri

No, but thanks. That link shows how to do it. That is not the problem. The
problem is that it can not be done even if we follow the instructions....?
The slide master created in PowerPoint 2003 can not be edited if it is opend
in PowerPoint 2007. It ccan be edited if it is opend in PowerPoint 2003. We
don't want to create new slide masters but to reuse the old ones.

Echo S said:
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm might help.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Malenefri said:
How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point 2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old slide
master anymore.
 
P

Pia Bork

Malenefri said:
No, but thanks. That link shows how to do it. That is not the
problem. The problem is that it can not be done even if we follow the
instructions....? The slide master created in PowerPoint 2003 can not
be edited if it is opend in PowerPoint 2007. It ccan be edited if it
is opend in PowerPoint 2003. We don't want to create new slide
masters but to reuse the old ones.

You should be able to edit a 2003-master in 2007, I have no problems with my
old templates. One thing I can imagine are embedded fonts that are either
not avaible on your 2007-computer or are not allowed to be embedded.


--
Mit vielen Grüßen
Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de
 
M

Malenefri

OK, thanks. I will check that.

Pia Bork said:
You should be able to edit a 2003-master in 2007, I have no problems with my
old templates. One thing I can imagine are embedded fonts that are either
not avaible on your 2007-computer or are not allowed to be embedded.


--
Mit vielen Grüßen
Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de
 
E

Echo S

As Pia says, you should be able to edit 2003 masters in 2007. I posted the
link so you could make sure you weren't trying to edit objects in 2007 on
the slide layouts, when you really need to edit them on the slide masters.

Since that's not the issue, then I'm not sure what would be, unless it's a
problem with embedded fonts (as Pia already mentioned).

What on the masters are you trying to edit?

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Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx



Malenefri said:
No, but thanks. That link shows how to do it. That is not the problem. The
problem is that it can not be done even if we follow the instructions....?
The slide master created in PowerPoint 2003 can not be edited if it is
opend
in PowerPoint 2007. It ccan be edited if it is opend in PowerPoint 2003.
We
don't want to create new slide masters but to reuse the old ones.

Echo S said:
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm might help.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Malenefri said:
How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point 2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
slide
master anymore.
 
G

Goudy

I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized, removed, etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly annoying
problem.
 
E

Echo S

If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put one on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts. You'll need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.
 
G

Goudy

That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so they are
in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like they are
now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The presentations
they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now appear to
be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively eliminates
the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those pictures.
They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in a new
presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
"crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able to
manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office 2003.
My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a solution may
exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and edit
that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.

Echo S said:
If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put one on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts. You'll need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Goudy said:
I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized, removed,
etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
annoying
problem.
 
E

Echo S

You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.

Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in 2003.
That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
gallery (bottom half of button), though.

The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.

OR

Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.

You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted this
link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page is
"Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to me
to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's going
on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your own
slide layouts" from this page: http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Goudy said:
That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so they
are
in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like they
are
now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The presentations
they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now appear
to
be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively eliminates
the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
pictures.
They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in a
new
presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
"crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able to
manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
2003.
My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a solution
may
exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and edit
that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.

Echo S said:
If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put one
on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts. You'll
need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Goudy said:
I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized, removed,
etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
annoying
problem.

:

How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point 2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
slide
master anymore.
 
O

Old MacDonald

I'm having the same problems described in this discussion - specifically I'm
trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but which I
just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just remain
frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not create
whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
footers. Any simple solutions out there?

Echo S said:
You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.

Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in 2003.
That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
gallery (bottom half of button), though.

The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.

OR

Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.

You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted this
link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page is
"Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to me
to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's going
on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your own
slide layouts" from this page: http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Goudy said:
That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so they
are
in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like they
are
now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The presentations
they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now appear
to
be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively eliminates
the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
pictures.
They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in a
new
presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
"crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able to
manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
2003.
My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a solution
may
exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and edit
that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.

Echo S said:
If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put one
on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts. You'll
need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized, removed,
etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
annoying
problem.

:

How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point 2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
slide
master anymore.
 
E

Echo S

Headers and footers are different than the graphics on masters/layouts. Try
Insert | Header and Footer. Can you change the text there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Old MacDonald said:
I'm having the same problems described in this discussion - specifically
I'm
trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but
which I
just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just remain
frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not create
whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
footers. Any simple solutions out there?

Echo S said:
You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.

Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in
2003.
That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
gallery (bottom half of button), though.

The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.

OR

Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.

You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted
this
link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page
is
"Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to
me
to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's
going
on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your
own
slide layouts" from this page:
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Goudy said:
That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so
they
are
in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like
they
are
now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The
presentations
they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now
appear
to
be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively
eliminates
the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
pictures.
They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in
a
new
presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
"crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able
to
manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
2003.
My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a
solution
may
exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and
edit
that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.

:

If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put
one
on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts.
You'll
need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with
different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized,
removed,
etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the
individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
annoying
problem.

:

How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point
2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
slide
master anymore.
 
O

Old MacDonald

Thanks for the suggestion but no, it doesn't work. Clicking footer brings up
a text box at the bottom of the slide that I could already access but I still
can't get into the one on the bottom left. This applies in several different
presentations.

Echo S said:
Headers and footers are different than the graphics on masters/layouts. Try
Insert | Header and Footer. Can you change the text there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Old MacDonald said:
I'm having the same problems described in this discussion - specifically
I'm
trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but
which I
just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just remain
frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not create
whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
footers. Any simple solutions out there?

Echo S said:
You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.

Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in
2003.
That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
gallery (bottom half of button), though.

The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.

OR

Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.

You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted
this
link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page
is
"Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to
me
to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's
going
on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your
own
slide layouts" from this page:
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so
they
are
in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like
they
are
now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The
presentations
they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now
appear
to
be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively
eliminates
the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
pictures.
They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in
a
new
presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
"crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able
to
manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
2003.
My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a
solution
may
exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and
edit
that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.

:

If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put
one
on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts.
You'll
need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with
different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized,
removed,
etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the
individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
annoying
problem.

:

How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point
2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
slide
master anymore.
 
E

Echo S

The headers and footers placeholders (Date, Footer, Slide Number) should be
selectable from the slide master (big thumbnail in Master View) and also on
the individual slide layouts (little thumbnail in Master View). The one on
the left by default is the date, but I can't think of why it wouldn't be
selectable.

If you want to email me a few slides from a presentation that exhibits this
problem, I'm happy to take a look. Mail to echos at indy dot net Please
include the text of these posts so I know what it is I'm looking at. Please
also don't send me megs and megs of files. Just a few slides that
demonstrate the issue should be plenty. Thanks.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Old MacDonald said:
Thanks for the suggestion but no, it doesn't work. Clicking footer brings
up
a text box at the bottom of the slide that I could already access but I
still
can't get into the one on the bottom left. This applies in several
different
presentations.

Echo S said:
Headers and footers are different than the graphics on masters/layouts.
Try
Insert | Header and Footer. Can you change the text there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Old MacDonald said:
I'm having the same problems described in this discussion -
specifically
I'm
trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but
which I
just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just
remain
frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not
create
whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
footers. Any simple solutions out there?

:

You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.

Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in
2003.
That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New
Slide
gallery (bottom half of button), though.

The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The
little
ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their
settings
from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.

OR

Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the
slide
layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add
an
image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.

You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already
posted
this
link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed
you'd
read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that
page
is
"Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems
to
me
to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's
going
on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding
your
own
slide layouts" from this page:
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so
they
are
in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like
they
are
now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The
presentations
they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now
appear
to
be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively
eliminates
the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
pictures.
They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it
in
a
new
presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch
is a
"crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be
able
to
manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in
Office
2003.
My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a
solution
may
exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and
edit
that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.

:

If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't
put
one
on
the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts.
You'll
need
to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.

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I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with
different
pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
organizations,
departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these
were
individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized,
removed,
etc.
The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as
one
background
on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the
individual
pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this
particularly
annoying
problem.

:

How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point
2003
using
Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the
old
slide
master anymore.
 

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