[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]
Since you are using PowerPoint 2002 this should be very simple.
1) Select the three slides in Slide Sorter View
2) Format -> Slide Desgn (this brings up the Slide Design task pane)
3) In the task pane, position cursor over thumbnail for "Default
Design.pot" and click on the down-arrow to display menu
4) Choose "Apply to Selected Slides" from the menu
This will change the design for the 3 selected from your current design to
the blank "Default Design.pot" design.
If the option to "Apply to Selected Slides" is not available, you might
have inadvertently disabled the multiple masters feature in PowerPoint. To
turn it back on:
1) Tools -> Options
2) In the "Edit" tab make sure that the "Multiple Masters" option is turned
off in the "Disable new features" area of the dialog and click OK
If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that it's important that
PowerPoint make it easier to perform this task, 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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