Global Change to Text Boxes, PowerPoint 2002

  • Thread starter Thread starter Laura Townsend
  • Start date Start date
L

Laura Townsend

Hi,

Is there a way to globally change the font formatting in a text boxes and
call outs once they've been inserted into a presentation?

I have a presentation in which someone used several text boxes and call
outs. I'll like to change their font formatting throughout the
presentation, but I can find any representation of "text box text" on the
slide master. I've discovered that if I modify the font for a text box or
call-out and then right-click it and choose "Set auto shape defaults" NEW
text boxes are inserted with the desired formatting. But the existing ones
don't change.

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Laura
 
Laura,
Format--> Replace Fonts is what you are looking for. The top box lists the
fonts in use in the presentation, the bottom box lets you select a
replacement, one font at a time.

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft PPT MVP
If this helped you, please take the time to rate the value of this post:
http://rate.affero.net/jacobskl/
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Cook anything outdoors with http://www.outdoorcook.com
Kathy is a trainer, writer, Girl Scout, and whatever else there is time for
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived
 
Hi,

Thanks to both of you for replying. I did stumble upon this, but it
wouldn't let me change the size or color -- just the typeface.

It seems odd that the slide master formats so much but skips text boxes.
Thanks!
 
Yeah, in that case, the format painter (paintbrush) or the eyedroppers
(add them to your toolbar via Tools/Options/Customize) are your friends.

Or, if you have to do this kind of thing often, you might want to check
the RnR Shape Styles addin. http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/
 
Now, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a feature
like Excel 2002 and above does, that allows you to
select the cell (or in PPT, text box) that you want
to use as your source format, and then automatically
replace the formatting on every text box that matches
that criterion?

A nice wish, perhaps...

- Jeff

Echo S said:
Yeah, in that case, the format painter (paintbrush) or the eyedroppers
(add them to your toolbar via Tools/Options/Customize) are your friends.

Or, if you have to do this kind of thing often, you might want to check
the RnR Shape Styles addin. http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Laura said:
Hi,

Thanks to both of you for replying. I did stumble upon this, but it
wouldn't let me change the size or color -- just the typeface.

It seems odd that the slide master formats so much but skips text boxes.
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
make it easier to globally change the formatting of text in text boxes
(shapes, etc.) instead of just in slide autolayout placeholders, 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

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
 
Back
Top