Simulatenously editing multiple word art texts?

[Wendy645]

I have a power point slide with 8 instances of a word art box that all say
the same thing. I need to change each of them several times to create
different pages for a client, but editing each and every single one for each
page is terribly time-consuming. Is there a way to link them all or
*something* that will allow me to make one change and have it update all 8
instances?

 

[Cowtoon]

I don't suppose changing one, then doing a copy/paste to the other pages
would suffice? I know how to link (clone) objects as you describe (in other
graphic software) but not with powerpoint. If you have different
backgrounds for each ... a trick I use, is to copy/paste for when you change
the original ... then use the painter to copy the background to the changed
wordart. Good luck.

I have a power point slide with 8 instances of a word art box that all say
the same thing. I need to change each of them several times to create
different pages for a client, but editing each and every single one for each
page is terribly time-consuming. Is there a way to link them all or
*something* that will allow me to make one change and have it update all 8
instances?

 

[John Wilson]

is vba an option?