slide sorter mode

[Guest]

do desktop support...have a user with a Ppoint presentation that has 359
slides in it.
File opens and runs just fine but he likes/needs to use the slide sorter
mode when reshuffling the deck of slides to customize the presentation to
suit the class/topic at hand. When selecting slide sorter mode the slides
come up blank with...those that have a text title will dispaly that but no
images appear at all. In normal mode the slides display the images therein.
Have tried adjusting the zoom to be 66%-50-33-25% makes no difference. Can
give you this much info:
Dell D610 latitude laptop, 1 gig of ram, vidoe drivers have been
updated...1st thing done. Office 2003 sp2 to version 11.8110.8107 on XP pro
with SP2.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

do desktop support...have a user with a Ppoint presentation that has 359
slides in it.
File opens and runs just fine but he likes/needs to use the slide sorter
mode when reshuffling the deck of slides to customize the presentation to
suit the class/topic at hand. When selecting slide sorter mode the slides
come up blank with...those that have a text title will dispaly that but no
images appear at all. In normal mode the slides display the images therein.
Have tried adjusting the zoom to be 66%-50-33-25% makes no difference. Can
give you this much info:
Dell D610 latitude laptop, 1 gig of ram, vidoe drivers have been
updated...1st thing done. Office 2003 sp2 to version 11.8110.8107 on XP pro
with SP2.

I think I was able to replicate this in PPT 2003.

If you switch to B/W view while in, say, Slide Sorter view, switch back to
normal view and click Close B/W View, the sorter and other views can get out of
synch.

Try this:

Switch to sorter view
Choose View, Color/Grayscale, Pure Black and White
When the Grayscale view toolbar appears, click Close Black & White View.

Does that put a little color in your user's life?

 

[Guest]

Also make sure that the show format tingtool isnt set to minimise the view It
is in the slide sorter toolbar and looks like two A's

 

[Guest]

I think I was able to replicate this in PPT 2003.

If you switch to B/W view while in, say, Slide Sorter view, switch back to
normal view and click Close B/W View, the sorter and other views can get out of
synch.

Try this:

Switch to sorter view
Choose View, Color/Grayscale, Pure Black and White
When the Grayscale view toolbar appears, click Close Black & White View.

Does that put a little color in your user's life?

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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Steve, thanks for the attempt but it was a no go. Let me elaborate more on what he sees. When going to slide sorter mode powerpoint displays a screen of slides of 4 rows, 5 per row. Zoom is set at 66% by default when switching. The slides consist of a completely blank (white) background surrounded by a black border (all 4 sides)...will display text at the top if exists. So no image makes it to the slides whether in color, black/white, or varying shades of gray...nothing, nope, nada....
Dave

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Also make sure that the show format tingtool isnt set to minimise the view It
is in the slide sorter toolbar and looks like two A's

Oooo, now that's very interesting.

That's the first thought I had, so I went haring off after it and slammed right
into a wall. The two-A tool's nowhere to be found while in Sorter view and
changing it in Outline view had no effect on sorter view.

I can't get the outline toolbar to show in Sorter mode either (this in both 2000
and 2003).

But if you customize the "double-a" tool from the Outlining toolbar onto a
toolbar that's visible in Sorter view, we achieve Bingo. Clicking it turns the
formatting on/off in Sorter view.

And if you save the presentation with slide sorter formatting off, it stays in
that state when you reopen the presentation. And if you open it on a computer
w/o the customized button, you've no way of changing it that I can find.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

No problem Dave. Actually, I think John Wilson's nailed the problem in his reply to your original post.
Then see my reply to him for the "Now how to I make it STOP" fixit.

 

[Guest]

Also make sure that the show format tingtool isnt set to minimise the view It
is in the slide sorter toolbar and looks like two A's

John, that was it! I have one happy customer! He relays his thanks and
appreciation! Double that from me! Appreciate you taking the time to
pitch-in and help! Kudoes!

Regards,
David

 

[Guest]

Steve, Thanks for spending time helping out with this. John nailed it
alright! But I sure appreciate your willingness to pitch-in and assist!
Thank-you very much!

Regards,
David

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve, Thanks for spending time helping out with this. John nailed it
alright! But I sure appreciate your willingness to pitch-in and assist!
Thank-you very much!

My pleasure. I learned something new along the way.