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David Horowitz
Hello all,
I have a PowerPoint "best practices" question for the group. I apologize if
I didn't see a previously-posted answer.
My client wants to be able to place several pictures on a single PPT slide
mixed in with bulleted text, as in:
o bullet 1
o bullet 2
<picture 1>
o bullet 3
<picture 2>
The format is not set - it may vary from slide to slide (that is, it's not
always 2 bullets, a pic, 1 bullet, and another pic - it could be any
combination of bullets and pictures).
There is no overlapping of elements - they're always "tiled".
My question is what's the best way to accomplish the blank space between
bullet 2 and bullet 3 (where picture 1 goes) in the example above?
I can think of at least 3 ways to do it, and I want to choose the way that's
going to be most easy for the users to modify as they continue to work with
their slides.
Method 1: Have a single placeholder textbox for all the bullets and separate
bullets #2 and #3 using blank lines (using the Enter key). This method does
not lend itself to precise positioning, but it is simple.
Method 2: Have a single placeholder textbox for all the bullets and use the
Format > Paragraph > Space Before setting on bullet 3 to move it down. This
allows for finer placement, but you need to go through the Format >
Paragraph dialog box to make the changes instead of using the mouse or
something intuitive like the Enter key.
Method 3: Have two separate textboxes for bullets1&2 and bullet 3. This
allows for relatively simple fine placement but splits the text up and makes
it difficult to make changes in indentation and other formatting that
affects all bullets and you also now have two textboxes that you want
aligned and sized horizontally identically, which is more work.
(I have slides which demonstrate these three techniques.)
I would appreciate any thoughtful input.
Thanks!
David Horowitz
Soundside Inc., Lead Technologist
(e-mail address removed)
I have a PowerPoint "best practices" question for the group. I apologize if
I didn't see a previously-posted answer.
My client wants to be able to place several pictures on a single PPT slide
mixed in with bulleted text, as in:
o bullet 1
o bullet 2
<picture 1>
o bullet 3
<picture 2>
The format is not set - it may vary from slide to slide (that is, it's not
always 2 bullets, a pic, 1 bullet, and another pic - it could be any
combination of bullets and pictures).
There is no overlapping of elements - they're always "tiled".
My question is what's the best way to accomplish the blank space between
bullet 2 and bullet 3 (where picture 1 goes) in the example above?
I can think of at least 3 ways to do it, and I want to choose the way that's
going to be most easy for the users to modify as they continue to work with
their slides.
Method 1: Have a single placeholder textbox for all the bullets and separate
bullets #2 and #3 using blank lines (using the Enter key). This method does
not lend itself to precise positioning, but it is simple.
Method 2: Have a single placeholder textbox for all the bullets and use the
Format > Paragraph > Space Before setting on bullet 3 to move it down. This
allows for finer placement, but you need to go through the Format >
Paragraph dialog box to make the changes instead of using the mouse or
something intuitive like the Enter key.
Method 3: Have two separate textboxes for bullets1&2 and bullet 3. This
allows for relatively simple fine placement but splits the text up and makes
it difficult to make changes in indentation and other formatting that
affects all bullets and you also now have two textboxes that you want
aligned and sized horizontally identically, which is more work.
(I have slides which demonstrate these three techniques.)
I would appreciate any thoughtful input.
Thanks!
David Horowitz
Soundside Inc., Lead Technologist
(e-mail address removed)