Need workaround: No ability to create a custom layout in PowerPoin

[Greg R.]

I'm about to jump off a bridge! I am creating a PowerPoint presentation which
will be split up onto three screens. Hardware set-up varies by location. Each
slide has three photos, which must fall in the "right" place, but this will
require fine-tuning "on the spot." Therefore I really need a slide master
with THREE placeholders, which will allow a global adjustment of picture
placement for fine-tuning of the alignment. To do this fine tuning on each
and every slide out of 50+ slides (x3 pictures each) would take much more
time than is available.

Is there some way to create a three-position master than offers quick global
adjustment of the picture positions? Thanks for any advice.

--Greg R.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Greg R,

you need pptools starter set

a.. Tools to help you place multiple pictures or shapes in exactly the same
position on many slides or to automatically size pictures and shapes to fill
a slide with one click of the mouse

see
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptools/starterset/FAQ00003.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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[Greg R.]

Thanks! While I still will not be able to adjust all three placeholders
globally, it seems StarterSet will save time by offering to copy their
revised size/positions one slide at a time using a single mouse click.

I saw that "Place Exactly" also works with multiple selected shapes. If I
"pick up" size and position of THREE placeholders at once, can I then copy
the size/position to three placeholders on another slide? I assume I would
copy just from one slide to another at one time.

THANKS!

Greg R.