Yeah, the top level indents apply to all top-level text, the secondary
indents apply to all secondary bullets, and so on.
If you don't have to have a bullet on the text, you can probably use this
trick I use at the office when we need the first line(s) of text to look
like a header, i.e., not have a bullet, but still indent properly with
bulleted text underneath.
Make a new slide master based on your existing master. Name it so you can
easily tell what it is in the task pane when you go to apply it.
Now, here's the slick part -- hold down the Ctrl key while you drag the
indents on your ruler. Overlap the secondary ones as necessary or whatever.
Also make the secondary bulleted text size the same as the primary bullet.
Now, just demote the appropriate text to a secondary bullet. It will still
look like the primary bullets because you set the same font size, but the
indent will be different.
Mucking around with this technique just now, it seemed at first that I
couldn't re-align the indents exactly the way I wanted while the bullets
were applied to the text in the placeholder. What I found is that I could
remove the bullets from the placeholder text, and that let me stack all the
upper indent carets as I wanted. Then I could reapply the bullets and fiddle
with it more for exact placement.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
Jugglertwo said:
Is there any way to have greater indent control over individual lines in a
place holder?
Presently, whenever I move an indent marker it is applied to all of the
lines in the place holder. Is there any way to prevent the change from
happening in the other lines?
It appears to be one big, text box without the usual control one has when
indenting, for example, in Word.
Any help would be greatly appreciated !
Jugglertwo
