PowerPoint XP vs 2003

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I have issues with the limitations imposed by XP in regard to the number of text boxes allowed in a master side and also the limited amount of colours allowed in the master colour palette. Does anyone know if PPT 2003 has exanded these limitations to increase these facilities

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Hi,

I'm not aware of any changes to the colour palette.

In regard to text boxes, are you talking about the placeholders on the
Master slide that allow you to input text into, back on the main slide? If
so, no again, unfortunately.

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Jane_J said:
I have issues with the limitations imposed by XP in regard to the number
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of text boxes allowed in a master side and also the limited amount of
colours allowed in the master colour palette. Does anyone know if PPT 2003
has exanded these limitations to increase these facilities
 
[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

Hello,

PowerPoint 2003 does not have either of the changes that you are asking
about.

However, for the additional/custom placeholders request, with multiple
master feature in PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 you can create a variety of
almost identical slide masters with different behaviors (such as
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 and/or PowerPoint should provide
for a color scheme which consists of more than 8 colors and/or a recently
used colors palette of more than 8 colors, 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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suggestions).

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