boundaries & guides in ppt Xp

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Paul

Hello Folks,

Using Powerpoint XP.


CASE STUDY :

I have designed for my client four presentations (kiosk style) with over 100
slides in each presentation.

The company's (out of house) graphic designer team and PR team say it is
imperative that I introduce each piece of text, video, photo and graphic
within a defined space of the screen (using specific color palletes + fonts)
.. Also the font has to be in specific uniform scales for each slide type.
All this is to tie in with all the printed matter, branding & corporate
colours and uniforms. Have worked on this for last month or so...and near
the finish line.

QUESTION:

Is there any way of introducing a "guide" on the Powerpoint XP workspace,
as we can in photoshop (or the Title Safe Zone in Premiere) , to act as a
visual marker, to use as boundary limits that won't show up on the slide.

I have a deadline for May 18th and looking at a long few days of lining up
material on the already existing slides.

Any suggestions, comments, shoulders to cry on , would be appreciated :-)

Regards,
Paul
Rep of Ireland
 
Hello Troy,

Thanks for the quick reply...I "think" I understand the information you sent
and will give it a shot when I get into work tomorrow morning. I will post u
the results....and again thanks.

Regards,
Paul
 
I create 'video safe' presentations for a variety of clients all the time.
My method is to create a .png image in PhotoShop that has the defined buffer
area as a semi-transparent (3-40%) box/keyline/stroke (take your pick of
names) and no image in the center area. Be sure the .psd file is to the
actual size (or proportional) to PPT slide.
Import the video safe .png onto the master slide(s) to use as a visual
reference. When complete, delete video safe reference image from master
slide(s).
 
QUESTION:
Is there any way of introducing a "guide" on the Powerpoint XP workspace,
as we can in photoshop (or the Title Safe Zone in Premiere) , to act as a
visual marker, to use as boundary limits that won't show up on the slide.
Click to expand...

From the main menu, choose View, Guides. That will turn on a single pair of
guides, one horizontal, one vertical.

Next, hold down Ctrl while you drag one of the existing guides ... this will
make a copy of it. You can have up to 8 vertical and 8 horizontal guides.

Guides appear in edit mode but don't print or appear in screen shows.

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As far as whacking things to defined positions, there's our free PPTools
Starter Set (www.pptools.com) which includes a Place Exactly tool.

With it you can memorize the position and size of one shape, then "hammer" any
number of other shapes to the same size/position with a single mouseclick.

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If you've still got a lot of formatting to do as well as sizing/positioning,
have a look at our free ShapeStyles demo, same URL and also try
http://shapestyles.pptools.com

It lets you memorize any or all of the formatting attributes of a sample shape
then apply all of those attributes to any other shape with a single click. It
also (optionally) includes position and size as part of the style.
 
Thanks Steve,

i will be spending fri/sat/sun on the design of the slides & will post you
about the result.

Thanks for your help....and I will let u folks know how I get on!!!

Many Thanks,
Paul
Rep of Ireland
 
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