Create Category groups for PowerPoint Discussion Group

[Tom Conrad]

The collected postings to the MS Discussion groups for Word, Excel, Outlook,
and Access are sorted into various sub categories.

I recommend creating comparable categories for the postings to the
PowerPoint discussions.

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[Echo S]

Why? And what kind of categories do you propose?

When this has been mentioned in the past, it's never seemed to be a real
need since our average number of daily posts is far, far fewer than those of
the other groups you mentioned.

 

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

Tom,
As Echo says this has been brought up before.

You seem to ask more VBA questions and you might want to have a VBA
group. We all felt that having all those in one NG area for PPT would
expose more PPT users to VBA which they might not see if they had to
go searching the VBA.PPT group. We are seeing more and more users
starting in VBA in PPT and that is a good thing.

I'd suggest that if you post, and others too, that you start the post
with a sub group name like:
VBA: How to iterate through all objects in a presentation.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[Tom Conrad]

Brian, Echo S,

While, I am a relatively new member of the PPT discussion group, I found it
odd that the group was one of the few MS discussion areas not sub-categorized
into thematic areas. It seemed to me, that the recent posts (last two months
and some of this year's archives seem to fit into the following areas:

Suggested groups
- General questions
- New users
- Programming VBA (macros)
- Drawing and animation (non-vba)
- audio video (embedding, continuous play, timing, etc.)
- Office integration (Word, Excel tables, Graphs, Outline, send to)
- application errors (including version differences)

As MVPs, you are more familiar with the posting trends, so perhaps creating
categories is unnecessary. I do like the suggestion to prefix the subject
line with a sub cat label, and I will probably follow this suggestion when I
post a new query.

I have been working with PPT since 97, so with almost 10 yrs of PPT
experience, I don't have a lot of questions. Since, I joined the group, I
have been trying to contribute helpful postings. In the Word discussions, I
have found that the subcats help me to target my contributions; as you know,
some user postings are more cryptic than others. The Word subcats also allow
me to focus my own learning.

My current project has brought me into the VBA realm, so I have been posting
VBA queries. I REALLY APPRECIATE the HELP, that has been given to me, via
this discussion and via the MVP websites, both recently and in the past.

 

[Echo S]

Hi, Tom,

Thanks for taking my question as to why and what in the manner it was
intended -- I was honestly curious and not trying to challenge you! (But
when I reread it, I realized it certainly could have been taken that way.)

Anyway, what you're saying about subcategories helping you target your
responses makes perfect sense, and I can see how subdivisions can be a good
thing. I personally think we've just yet not had the kind of traffic that
makes it really necessary. Until then, I rather like that we have our one
cohesive little corner of the universe. (Usenetiverse? lol) It's ultimately
Microsoft's decision, though, so it's good you posted the suggestion.

 

[Tom Conrad]

No problem, I didn't feel challenged. Quite the contrary, the conversational
interplay between users of this site is refreshing. I actually wish I had
taken the time to discover the discussion areas earlier in my MS Office
struggles. Although, had I found the groups, sooner, I wouldn't have
purchased the several linear feet of MS help books (mostly published by the
MVPs) that currently line my book shelves. Anyone need a MS DOS 3.2 users
manual?

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Tom Conrad

Hi, Tom,

Thanks for taking my question as to why and what in the manner it was
intended -- I was honestly curious and not trying to challenge you! (But
when I reread it, I realized it certainly could have been taken that way.)

Anyway, what you're saying about subcategories helping you target your
responses makes perfect sense, and I can see how subdivisions can be a good
thing. I personally think we've just yet not had the kind of traffic that
makes it really necessary. Until then, I rather like that we have our one
cohesive little corner of the universe. (Usenetiverse? lol) It's ultimately
Microsoft's decision, though, so it's good you posted the suggestion.

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Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
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[TAJ Simmons]

Tom,

Some of the other community/newsgroups I contribute to have had a 'general
office' group and I wish they would split it into
excel, word, ppt, outlook etc

From my point of view, I'm happy to help with replies, but it would create
more 'work' to have to look into several subgroups, if this ppt group was
split.

TAJ

 

[Echo S]

No problem, I didn't feel challenged. Quite the contrary, the
conversational
interplay between users of this site is refreshing.

That's one of my favorite things. Keeps me comin' back fer more.

I actually wish I had
taken the time to discover the discussion areas earlier in my MS Office
struggles.

I feel very fortunate that I stumbled into this group way back when.

Although, had I found the groups, sooner, I wouldn't have
purchased the several linear feet of MS help books (mostly published by
the
MVPs) that currently line my book shelves. Anyone need a MS DOS 3.2 users
manual?

LOL!