When I delete a comment from a PowerPoint slide in XP it does not seem to
renumber the existing comments? Does anyone know how to do this?
Do you mean the number in the little gadget you see when the comment is
"collapsed"? XX1, XX2, XX3 .. etc? (assuming your initials are XX, that is)
There's no way I know of in PPT itself to renumber those easily.
IF you have the Script Editor installed and IF you're willing to risk
corrupting your presentation and IF you don't mind editing code and then
re-inserting all of your comments, you might be able to make it work.
The pres.xml file for the presentation contains this line:
<p:commentindex author="Your Name" seed="43"/>
The next comment you add will be one higher than the seed number shown here.
Each slide's xml includes something like this for each comment:
<p:comment anchorx="10" anchory="10"
author="Your Name" index="4" initials="XX"
datetime="2007-10-09T10:37:22Z"><![if ppt]>
<p>The text of the comment</p>
<![endif]></p:comment>
By changing the index number, you can change the number in PPT. Fair warning:
I've no idea what happens if you incorrectly edit the presentation.
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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