I need a extra textbox on my master ???

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Jesper SM

I have a master with a headder and a sub text, but I need
at third text right under my headder. But when I place a
new textbox on the slide it does not appear on all my
other slides as a field that I can type into?? i appears a
a static text!.

So how do I make that third textbox typeable??'

thanks Jesper
 
Hi,

That is by design. If you want to edit the text box, it has to be on the
slide itself. The other boxes that you can type in are called Layouts, and
extra ones cannot be added.

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Something that will hopefully be added to the next version of PPT (hint-hint
John Langhans). For now the best option can be using the multiple masters in
PPT 2002/2003.
 
A work-around that I use is from PPTools (Mr. Rindsburg...you out there???)
where you can assign a new "shape/style" and with the click of a magic
button you can assign it a location, style, color, etc. for any number of
slides (all or less than all) that you are editing/creating. Check out
www.pptools.com

No, I am not a hired sales person for them...just a happy user...

"Grits"
 
A work-around that I use is from PPTools (Mr. Rindsburg...you out there???)

But of course. So's Dr. Reilly, who delivered this particular baby.
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
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Hello Jesper,

PowerPoint does not have the capability of creating/adding custom
placeholders to the slide master and/or creating/adding customer slide
layouts which would take advantage of such custom placeholders. With
multiple master feature in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 you can create a
variety of almost identical slide masters with different behaviors
(animations) and placement of title and object areas for AutoLayouts so
that when used in conjunction with the existing autolayouts you can get
some additional flexibility but you are still limited to the number and
type of placeholders on in the masters to those that are listed in the
"Master Layout" dialog. When that is still insufficient you can also create
slides that are laid out and formatted the way you want and then you can
use the Duplicate Slide command (or just copy/paste) to make a new copy of
the slide each time you need to create a slide that uses the same
layout/formatting.

Of course, if you (or anyone else reading this message) feel strongly that
some kind feature for creating custom placeholders and/or slide layouts
should be a built-in feature in PowerPoint, don't forget to send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

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your wish but also WHY it is important to you that your product suggestion
be implemented by Microsoft. Microsoft receives thousands of product
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suggestions).

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Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
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