Text Box Defaults

[John O]

Been away from Ppt too long...

I need to randomly insert many text boxes on various slides. It makes sense
to set my new text box format as a default: white fill, black text, 1 pt
black line, etc. I format a box, and check "Default for new objects", but it
doesn't take. Am I missing something?

I also need to set the text to black, but I don't see a way to do that, nor
add a drop shadow to this 'style' either. Any tips on making that happen
would be great.

-John O

 

[Echo S]

The manual textboxes don't hold fill and line colors. You'd need to set one
up the way you want and then right-click and choose Set Autoshapes
Default -- and then use the rectangle tool (as opposed to the textbox tool)
to create your textboxes.

When you start typing, the rectangle should turn into a textbox -- at least
what looks like a textbox -- although I don't know if those are still
referred to as autoshapes or textboxes or what in VBA.

As far as the drop shadow, if you're using a textbox/autoshape with a fill
and/or line, the drop shadow will apply to both the shape and the text.
Well, it will apply to both if you have just a line on the shape. If you
have a fill and a line, the drop shadow only applies to the shape and not to
the text.

 

[John O]

The manual textboxes don't hold fill and line colors. You'd need to set
one

up the way you want and then right-click and choose Set Autoshapes
Default -- and then use the rectangle tool (as opposed to the textbox tool)
to create your textboxes.

That works perfectly. Well, at least I need this textbox/autoshape style far
more than I'll need regular old rectangles, and I can easily live with this
new default. ....Does the "Default for new objects" actually do anything?

As far as the drop shadow, if you're using a textbox/autoshape with a fill
and/or line, the drop shadow will apply to both the shape and the text.
Well, it will apply to both if you have just a line on the shape. If you
have a fill and a line, the drop shadow only applies to the shape and not to
the text.

Yikes, what a goofy setup. But does what I need today. Thanks, Echo.

-John O

 

[Echo S]

new default. ....Does the "Default for new objects" actually do anything?

You mean Format/Font/Default for new objects? Yeah, it will set your default
font (color and size and formatting such as super/subscript, etc.) for
manual textboxes.

fill

Yikes, what a goofy setup. But does what I need today. Thanks, Echo.

Yeah, it's pretty strange.

Welcome.

Echo