Tracking Text Box Edits in PowerPoint

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BobT.

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting or rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I use PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is any way to do this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint presentations in development
between my colleagues so I can see where their recommended changes may be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject them - knowing how would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find any such tool in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!
 
Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
 
Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm disappointed that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in PowerPoint. Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask them to include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?
 
They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
 
Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I developed is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the words one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new color. Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add to match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process. I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for keeping it
in front of the programmers.

Echo S said:
They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


BobT. said:
Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text someone's
Comments suggestions. Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has to retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

Steve Rindsberg said:
Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I developed is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the words one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new color. Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add to match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.
Click to expand...

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be faster or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with the mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review tools revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).

I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for keeping it
in front of the programmers.

Echo S said:
They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting or rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is any way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint presentations in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their recommended changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject them - knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find any such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
 
So maybe that's something that they added in PowerPoint 2007? Does anyone on
this message board know about cutting and pasting Comments into text boxes in
PowerPoint 2003?

Steve Rindsberg said:
I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text someone's
Comments suggestions.
Click to expand...

Just tried this (in 2007) and it got kinda weird. The first comment I added wouldn't
let me copy/paste into it, and once I tried, it wouldn't even let me TYPE into it.

After that, comments allowed both (and I could later copy from them and paste back
into PPT).



Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has to retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

Steve Rindsberg said:
Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I developed is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the words one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new color. Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add to match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be faster or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with the mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review tools revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).


I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for keeping it
in front of the programmers.

:

They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting or rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is any way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint presentations in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their recommended changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject them - knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find any such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
 
There's an "edit comments" option when you right-click a comment. Try that.
There's also a "copy text" option there -- but I believe you get the
commentor name and date, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


BobT. said:
So maybe that's something that they added in PowerPoint 2007? Does anyone
on
this message board know about cutting and pasting Comments into text boxes
in
PowerPoint 2003?

Steve Rindsberg said:
BobT. said:
I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste
functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text
someone's
Comments suggestions.
Click to expand...

Just tried this (in 2007) and it got kinda weird. The first comment I
added wouldn't
let me copy/paste into it, and once I tried, it wouldn't even let me TYPE
into it.

After that, comments allowed both (and I could later copy from them and
paste back
into PPT).



Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has to
retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

:

Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I developed
is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the words
one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new color.
Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined
words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add to
match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it
works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you
want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be faster
or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with the
mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of
text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review tools
revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the
ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).


I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for
keeping it
in front of the programmers.

:

They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every
beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare
documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat
and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm
disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in
PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask
them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for
revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting or
rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I
use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is any
way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint presentations
in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their recommended
changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject them -
knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find any
such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...


==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Yes, the copy text does bring with it the name of the person making the
comment and the date which can be easily deleted from wherever the text is
inserted, but the copy text function appears to be an all or none feature. I
wasn't able to copy just one sentence from among the many in a Comment box.

Echo S said:
There's an "edit comments" option when you right-click a comment. Try that.
There's also a "copy text" option there -- but I believe you get the
commentor name and date, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


BobT. said:
So maybe that's something that they added in PowerPoint 2007? Does anyone
on
this message board know about cutting and pasting Comments into text boxes
in
PowerPoint 2003?

Steve Rindsberg said:
I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste
functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text
someone's
Comments suggestions.

Just tried this (in 2007) and it got kinda weird. The first comment I
added wouldn't
let me copy/paste into it, and once I tried, it wouldn't even let me TYPE
into it.

After that, comments allowed both (and I could later copy from them and
paste back
into PPT).



Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has to
retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

:

Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I developed
is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the words
one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new color.
Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined
words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add to
match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it
works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you
want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be faster
or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with the
mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of
text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review tools
revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the
ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).


I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for
keeping it
in front of the programmers.

:

They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every
beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare
documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat
and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm
disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in
PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask
them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for
revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting or
rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I
use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is any
way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint presentations
in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their recommended
changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject them -
knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find any
such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
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I'm actually testing in an unreleased version, so this may not work in
2003/2007, but if I right-click the comment and choose Edit Comment, then I
can select the desired portion of the comment and hit Ctrl+C to copy. Then
Ctrl+V does paste only selected text onto the slide.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


BobT. said:
Yes, the copy text does bring with it the name of the person making the
comment and the date which can be easily deleted from wherever the text is
inserted, but the copy text function appears to be an all or none feature.
I
wasn't able to copy just one sentence from among the many in a Comment
box.

Echo S said:
There's an "edit comments" option when you right-click a comment. Try
that.
There's also a "copy text" option there -- but I believe you get the
commentor name and date, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


BobT. said:
So maybe that's something that they added in PowerPoint 2007? Does
anyone
on
this message board know about cutting and pasting Comments into text
boxes
in
PowerPoint 2003?

:

I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste
functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text
someone's
Comments suggestions.

Just tried this (in 2007) and it got kinda weird. The first comment I
added wouldn't
let me copy/paste into it, and once I tried, it wouldn't even let me
TYPE
into it.

After that, comments allowed both (and I could later copy from them
and
paste back
into PPT).



Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has
to
retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

:

Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I
developed
is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the
words
one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new
color.
Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined
words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add
to
match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it
works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you
want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be
faster
or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with
the
mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of
text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review
tools
revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the
ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).


I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for
keeping it
in front of the programmers.

:

They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every
beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's
compare
documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat
and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm
disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in
PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask
them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for
revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting
or
rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I
use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is
any
way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint
presentations
in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their
recommended
changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject
them -
knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find
any
such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14
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Sorry, Steve. I can't do that with my PowerPoint at all. I cannot highlight
text in a Comment box and then copy it. My mouse has no effective right or
left button functions in Comments and when I try to use the drop down menus
to cut and past highlighted text box words, the text box just closes up
without allowing me to copy the highlighted text. Your 2003 version sounds
different than mine!

Steve Rindsberg said:
But you can select the text you want in the comment as you would any other text,
then copy/paste just the selected text.



Yes, the copy text does bring with it the name of the person making the
comment and the date which can be easily deleted from wherever the text is
inserted, but the copy text function appears to be an all or none feature. I
wasn't able to copy just one sentence from among the many in a Comment box.

Echo S said:
There's an "edit comments" option when you right-click a comment. Try that.
There's also a "copy text" option there -- but I believe you get the
commentor name and date, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


So maybe that's something that they added in PowerPoint 2007? Does anyone
on
this message board know about cutting and pasting Comments into text boxes
in
PowerPoint 2003?

:

I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste
functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text
someone's
Comments suggestions.

Just tried this (in 2007) and it got kinda weird. The first comment I
added wouldn't
let me copy/paste into it, and once I tried, it wouldn't even let me TYPE
into it.

After that, comments allowed both (and I could later copy from them and
paste back
into PPT).



Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has to
retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

:

Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I developed
is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the words
one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new color.
Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined
words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add to
match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it
works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you
want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be faster
or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with the
mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of
text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review tools
revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the
ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).


I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for
keeping it
in front of the programmers.

:

They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every
beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's compare
documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat
and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

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Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm
disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in
PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask
them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for
revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting or
rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I
use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is any
way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint presentations
in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their recommended
changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject them -
knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find any
such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!




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Steve -- Success!!! CTRL-C and CTRL-V are the answer! Strange that the
mouse and the drop down menus won't work, but the keyboard is always there to
rescue me! Thanks so much for figuring this out. We'll be using this text
edit tracking workaround until Microsoft builds in the real thing! Thanks
again. -- Bob T.
 
Thanks, Echo S. As I also wrote back to Steve Rindsberg, the keyboard has
come to my rescue. CTRL-C and CTRL-V works great! (Any reason you know of
why the mouse and the drop down menus won't work to accomplish the same
result in Comments?) We'll use this workaround until Microsoft can enable
real edit tracking within PowerPoint. Thanks, again! -- Bob T.

Echo S said:
I'm actually testing in an unreleased version, so this may not work in
2003/2007, but if I right-click the comment and choose Edit Comment, then I
can select the desired portion of the comment and hit Ctrl+C to copy. Then
Ctrl+V does paste only selected text onto the slide.

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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

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BobT. said:
Yes, the copy text does bring with it the name of the person making the
comment and the date which can be easily deleted from wherever the text is
inserted, but the copy text function appears to be an all or none feature.
I
wasn't able to copy just one sentence from among the many in a Comment
box.

Echo S said:
There's an "edit comments" option when you right-click a comment. Try
that.
There's also a "copy text" option there -- but I believe you get the
commentor name and date, too.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

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So maybe that's something that they added in PowerPoint 2007? Does
anyone
on
this message board know about cutting and pasting Comments into text
boxes
in
PowerPoint 2003?

:

I actually tried that once, but I could never get any cut and paste
functions
to work in Comments so we couldn't easily replace original text
someone's
Comments suggestions.

Just tried this (in 2007) and it got kinda weird. The first comment I
added wouldn't
let me copy/paste into it, and once I tried, it wouldn't even let me
TYPE
into it.

After that, comments allowed both (and I could later copy from them
and
paste back
into PPT).



Is there a way to do that that I don't know about? I
originally thought that would be faster, but someone eventually has
to
retype
everything, at least the way we were using it.

:

Thanks for that suggestion. Actually, the work around I
developed
is to use
a "manual" text edit tracking system where we underline the
words
one of us
wants to delete and then add the text we want added in a new
color.
Of
course then one of us has to go back and delete the underlined
words we agree
should be removed and change the color the text we agree to add
to
match the
text of the box we're working in. It's a tedious method, but it
works as
essentially a manual text edit tracking process.

You might also use comments; insert a comment next to the text you
want to
change, and type the suggested change into it. That might be
faster
or slower
than your current system, depending on whether you're faster with
the
mouse or
with the keyboard.

It would, though, minimize the risk of unwanted bits of
text/formatting "leaking"
into the finished presentation, and since all of PPT's Review
tools
revolve
around comments, it'd buy you some extra editing functions (the
ability to jump
to the next comment automatically, for example).


I just wish Microsoft would
incorporate real text edit tracking into PowerPoint. Thanks for
keeping it
in front of the programmers.

:

They are aware of this request. (I make it at least once every
beta, and I
know they hear from various users and corporations, too.)

One thing I've found that helps is to use Adobe Acrobat's
compare
documents
feature. You print both PPT files to PDF, then open in Acrobat
and compare.
Of course this requires Acrobat Pro....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14


Thanks, Luc. Yes, I've got the sending part down. But I'm
disappointed
that
there is apparently no text edit tracking tool available in
PowerPoint.
Any
way we can suggest this to the application designers and ask
them to
include
text edit tracking in a future PPT upgrade or version?

:

Bob,
Not that I know of. You can send your presentation for
revision through
e-mail though. You can find it in File - Send to ...
Luc Sanders
MVP - PowerPoint
:

Is there any way to track text box edits before accepting
or
rejecting
changes much like we are able to do in Word documents? I
use
PowerPoint 2003
SP3. Windows XP SP3 Professional is my OS. If there is
any
way to do
this -
I'd like to use this when I share PowerPoint
presentations
in
development
between my colleagues so I can see where their
recommended
changes may
be
proposed and then I can also easily accept or reject
them -
knowing how
would
be most appreciated. So far I haven't been able to find
any
such tool
in
PowerPoint. Thanks, in advance, for your help!




==============================
PPT Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

Don't Miss the PPTLive User Conference! Atlanta | Oct 11-14




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http://www.pptfaq.com/

PPTools add-ins for PowerPoint
http://www.pptools.com/

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