Customizing Design Templates

[Bryan Weller]

I've been trying to create custom design templates for our company by placing
our company logo and other symbols on the slide master. When I do this, it
looks good and is fine for awhile, but eventually comes the day when all the
text smooshes together into one vertical line. When I put the presentation
back to a pre-designed template, it's fine again. I don't know what is
causing this or how to prevent it. Can someone help?

 

[Michael Koerner]

Sounds like you using one of the later versions of PowerPoint. Before you start
messing with your template, Click on Tools | Autocorrect Options, and remove the
checkmark from automatic layout for inserted objects.

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I've been trying to create custom design templates for our company by placing
our company logo and other symbols on the slide master. When I do this, it
looks good and is fine for awhile, but eventually comes the day when all the
text smooshes together into one vertical line. When I put the presentation
back to a pre-designed template, it's fine again. I don't know what is
causing this or how to prevent it. Can someone help?

 

[Echo S]

In addition to Michael's suggestion, I've seen two things fix this:

1. Reapply the template to the slides (unless it's the template itself
that's messed up)

2. Turn down hardware acceleration. Instrux at
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm