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Hello,
PowerPoint doesn't provide the functionality that you are looking for (set
default slide layout) without resorting to VBA or add-ins. However, if you
are using PowerPoint 2002 or PowerPoint 2003 you can insert new slides via
the Slide Layout task pane so you can choose "Insert new slide" from the
drop-down menu for the "Blank" slide layout each time you want to insert a
blank slide.
If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint provide additional functionality for specifying custom defaults,
don't forget to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft
at:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
As with all product suggestions, it's important that you not just state
your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
suggestions every day and we read each one but, in any given product
development cycle, there are only sufficient resources to address the ones
that are most important to our customers so take the extra time to state
your case as clearly and completely as possible.
IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions).
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows
For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto
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