Can't get rid of bullets in PowerPoint 2003

[Sheila]

Hello there

I have a presentation based on a layout with a title and a bulleted text box.

In some slides, I do not need the bullets and therefore click them off by
means of the "bullets" icon in the formatting toolbar. That works fine.

When I am closing and reopening the presentation though, the bullets are back.

I can create a new textbox and replace the original one with it in order to
get rid of the bullets, but this is tedious for all users, as the textbox has
to be manually positioned every time.

What are we doing wrong? Some option we forgot to check?

Any help will be appriciated.

Thanks, Sheila

 

[Sandy Johnson]

Hi Sheila,

Create a second slide master without the bullets, then apply that master on
those slides...

PowerPoint responsibly,
Sandy

 

[Sheila]

Oh, it's THAT simple...! Thanks.

(But we still are astonished that PowerPoint can't remember manually applied
formattings.)

Have a nice weekend

Sheila

 

[Sandy Johnson]

I'm glad this will help.

FYI -- the reason that the PowerPoint slide doesn't *remember* is because
the Master is really the *master.* What it says, goes...

Enjoy!

 

[Enric Mañas]

(But we still are astonished that PowerPoint can't remember manually

applied formattings.)

Sheila,

Sandy *is right*...

http://blogs.msdn.com/officeoffline/archive/2007/12/06/out-of-control.aspx

Very cordialmente

Enric

 

[Sandy Johnson]

<g>

(But we still are astonished that PowerPoint can't remember manually
applied formattings.)

Sheila,

Sandy *is right*...

http://blogs.msdn.com/officeoffline/archive/2007/12/06/out-of-control.aspx

Very cordialmente

Enric
--
Enric Mañas [PowerPoint MVP]

Oh, it's THAT simple...! Thanks.

(But we still are astonished that PowerPoint can't remember manually
applied
formattings.)

Have a nice weekend

Sheila

 

[Ellen Finkelstein]

Sheila,

Do you mean that you are clicking the Bullets button after selecting some
text in a placeholder and removing the bullets that way? When I do that, the
bullets go away and they don't come back, even after closing and re-opening
the presentation. However, if you create a new slide, it will follow the
master.

Sandy, is that what you meant - that new slides still have bullets?

Ellen

 

[Tim Murray]

FYI -- the reason that the PowerPoint slide doesn't *remember* is because
the Master is really the *master.* What it says, goes...

Yes, but that metaphor doesn't always hold; in fact, you can sometimes apply
a master many times, and it does not entirely take effect: See "Paste as text
carries some non-text behavior". The post is about a paste issue, but I was
forced into a new slide because the master would not entirely do its job.

 

[Tim Murray]

FYI -- the reason that the PowerPoint slide doesn't *remember* is because
the Master is really the *master.* What it says, goes...

And in any case, I disagree. Manual changes should remain, and the master
should override changes only when asked. PowerPoint has always behaved this
way (manual changes stick) and it still behaves this way -- in fact,
sometimes a master won't override, even when asked.