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[shank]

I just started 2002 PP and have a few general questions.

1) Assume I layout most of a page with graphics and text. I insert a picture
from file and the whole page is disrupted. Existing graphics are shrunk and
displaced. And there's a new text box inserted in the page along with the
new graphic. How do I stop that? I just want to insert a new graphic without
destrrying what I already did.

2) It appears PP does not have layers, correct? That would be handy!

3) re: Styles. Is it possible to have text styles? I'd like to save my
heading styles to retain fonts, sizes, colors, spacing etc. All I see is
something like page styles.

4) Animation. Per the HELP section, there should be some star icons when I
select a component. It appears I can select a component, click the Entrance
star, select an animation and that animation would be reflected on the
components entrance event. Where are those star icons? I don't see any
toolbar that has them.

5) This might be related to #4. I select animation for certain pages.
However, only the graphics and larger text boxes reflect the animation.
Smaller text boxes just pop in with no animation. What am I doing wrong?

thanks!

 

[Sandy]

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Sandy Johnson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)

I just started 2002 PP and have a few general questions.

1) Assume I layout most of a page with graphics and text. I insert a picture
from file and the whole page is disrupted. Existing graphics are shrunk and
displaced. And there's a new text box inserted in the page along with the
new graphic. How do I stop that? I just want to insert a new graphic without
destrrying what I already did.

2) It appears PP does not have layers, correct? That would be handy!

PPT does not have layers in the sense that you have a tool bar that displays
them like Photoshop

3) re: Styles. Is it possible to have text styles? I'd like to save my
heading styles to retain fonts, sizes, colors, spacing etc. All I see is
something like page styles.

Set type preference in your Title and Slide Masters (View > Master > Slide
Master). It opens up to you slide master, you'll need to insert a Title slide
master.

4) Animation. Per the HELP section, there should be some star icons when I
select a component. It appears I can select a component, click the Entrance
star, select an animation and that animation would be reflected on the
components entrance event. Where are those star icons? I don't see any
toolbar that has them.

The stars appear next to the thumbnails in your Navigation pane at the left
of your screen.

5) This might be related to #4. I select animation for certain pages.
However, only the graphics and larger text boxes reflect the animation.
Smaller text boxes just pop in with no animation. What am I doing wrong?

I believe you are currently using Animation Schemes. Try this: Go to Slide
Show > Custom Animation to animate other objects in the slide

 

[Echo S]

I just started 2002 PP and have a few general questions.

1) Assume I layout most of a page with graphics and text. I insert a
picture from file and the whole page is disrupted. Existing graphics are
shrunk and displaced. And there's a new text box inserted in the page
along with the new graphic. How do I stop that? I just want to insert a
new graphic without destrrying what I already did.

Tools|Autocorrect. Deselect the "automatic layout for inserted objects"
option.