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For some reason my default font size is 44 - way to big for text, so with
each slide I have to keep changing it to e.g. 16. Can I change this to stay
at 16?

I tried the Help but it wasn't much 'help' :-)

Katherine
 
Thanks Steve,

I mean't to say - can it stay at say 16 for the whole of the project with
many slides, that I will be coming back to during the weeks to come, to add
more?

Sorry about the confusion.

Katherine
Click anywhere off the slide so that nothing's currently selected.

Use the formatting toolbar to change the font size (and font and other
properties) to whatever you want.

New text should take on the properties you just set.
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Steve Rindsberg said:
Give it a try, Katherine. The default you set by following the
instructions I
gave will travel with the presentation and affect all new text added to
any
slide in the presentation.

It will only affect the one presentation, not others, though.
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She doesn't have to right-click and "set defaults"?
 
Katherine, do you need to change the default size for the placeholder (where
it says, "Click to add text"), or for a "manual" textbox (one you add to the
slide using the textbox tool)?

What version of PPT are you using?

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jones said:
Thanks Steve,

I mean't to say - can it stay at say 16 for the whole of the project with
many slides, that I will be coming back to during the weeks to come, to
add more?

Sorry about the confusion.

Katherine
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I have PPT 2000.

When I open a brand new PPT the default is Times New Roman 24 - (not too
bad). Then when I the first slide it goes to TNR 44 (can I get rid of 44
forever?)

Also I want each new slide a blank one, so I can work on it as I please.

Thanks again for the help you all are giving me. Also I will go look at your
signature website for "annoyances".
Katherin



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jones said:
When I open a brand new PPT the default is Times New Roman 24 - (not
too bad). Then when I the first slide it goes to TNR 44 (can I get
rid of 44 forever?)
Also I want each new slide a blank one, so I can work on it as I
please.
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Katherine, there are two default fonts in PPT:

1. for the textboxes you draw an yourself - for this Steve's suggestion will
help, because this default is stored on the slide itself
2. the defaults for each placeholder of the slide as there are the
slidetitle, the textplaceholder, the placeholder for the footers - they can
be changed on the slide master for the current presentation.

If you want to change everything you should go to "View / Master / Slide
master".
- Click on the slide and change the font
- Highlight everything with Ctrl+A and change the fonts to TNR
- Click in every single placeholder and change the font size
- Close the master


If you want to change your settings for every new presentation you have to
make a new "Blank.pot". It doesn't exist until you make one. Try like this:
- start a new presentation
- change the fonts on the master
- close the master view and return to the slide
- delete the first slide you don't want to have
- insert a blank slide
- save the presentation as "template" and give it the name "blank" (without
the quotation marks). If you give another name than "blank" you can use it
as a template in future but it will not be used by Powerpoint as the
starting new presentation.


From now on Powerpoint will use your blank.pot at the beginning and
everytime you click on the button "New".


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Thank you all so very much. Guess I don't know as much about Powerpoint as I
thought I did :-)

Katherine
 
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