I'm having the same problems described in this discussion - specifically I'm
trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but which I
just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just remain
frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not create
whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
footers. Any simple solutions out there?

"Echo S" wrote:

> You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.
>
> Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
> because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
> placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in 2003.
> That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
> gallery (bottom half of button), though.
>
> The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
> ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
> from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
> master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.
>
> OR
>
> Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
> layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
> image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
> individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.
>
> You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted this
> link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
> read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page is
> "Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to me
> to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's going
> on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your own
> slide layouts" from this page: http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>
>
> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A5479DF6-4C1E-4BE3-949C-2CC097EE2B50@microsoft.com...
> > That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so they
> > are
> > in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like they
> > are
> > now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The presentations
> > they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now appear
> > to
> > be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively eliminates
> > the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
> > pictures.
> > They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in a
> > new
> > presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
> > "crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able to
> > manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
> > 2003.
> > My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a solution
> > may
> > exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and edit
> > that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.
> >
> > "Echo S" wrote:
> >
> >> If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put one
> >> on
> >> the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts. You'll
> >> need
> >> to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> >> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> >> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
> >> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
> >>
> >>
> >> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:24A24868-E50A-4591-BCA4-D3E60AE0C892@microsoft.com...
> >> > I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with different
> >> > pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
> >> > organizations,
> >> > departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
> >> > individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized, removed,
> >> > etc.
> >> > The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
> >> > background
> >> > on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the individual
> >> > pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
> >> > annoying
> >> > problem.
> >> >
> >> > "Malenefri" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point 2003
> >> >> using
> >> >> Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
> >> >> slide
> >> >> master anymore.
> >>
> >>
>
>

Headers and footers are different than the graphics on masters/layouts. Try
Insert | Header and Footer. Can you change the text there?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


"Old MacDonald" <OldMacDonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C052F077-51F8-4C28-902C-DE942F45D830@microsoft.com...
> I'm having the same problems described in this discussion - specifically
> I'm
> trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but
> which I
> just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just remain
> frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not create
> whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
> footers. Any simple solutions out there?
>
> "Echo S" wrote:
>
>> You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.
>>
>> Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
>> because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
>> placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in
>> 2003.
>> That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
>> gallery (bottom half of button), though.
>>
>> The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
>> ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
>> from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
>> master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.
>>
>> OR
>>
>> Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
>> layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
>> image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
>> individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.
>>
>> You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted
>> this
>> link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
>> read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page
>> is
>> "Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to
>> me
>> to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's
>> going
>> on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your
>> own
>> slide layouts" from this page:
>> http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm
>>
>> --
>> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
>> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>>
>>
>> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A5479DF6-4C1E-4BE3-949C-2CC097EE2B50@microsoft.com...
>> > That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so
>> > they
>> > are
>> > in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like
>> > they
>> > are
>> > now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The
>> > presentations
>> > they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now
>> > appear
>> > to
>> > be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively
>> > eliminates
>> > the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
>> > pictures.
>> > They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in
>> > a
>> > new
>> > presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
>> > "crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able
>> > to
>> > manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
>> > 2003.
>> > My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a
>> > solution
>> > may
>> > exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and
>> > edit
>> > that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.
>> >
>> > "Echo S" wrote:
>> >
>> >> If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put
>> >> one
>> >> on
>> >> the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts.
>> >> You'll
>> >> need
>> >> to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> >> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> >> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
>> >> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:24A24868-E50A-4591-BCA4-D3E60AE0C892@microsoft.com...
>> >> > I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with
>> >> > different
>> >> > pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
>> >> > organizations,
>> >> > departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
>> >> > individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized,
>> >> > removed,
>> >> > etc.
>> >> > The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
>> >> > background
>> >> > on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the
>> >> > individual
>> >> > pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
>> >> > annoying
>> >> > problem.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Malenefri" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point
>> >> >> 2003
>> >> >> using
>> >> >> Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
>> >> >> slide
>> >> >> master anymore.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>

Thanks for the suggestion but no, it doesn't work. Clicking footer brings up
a text box at the bottom of the slide that I could already access but I still
can't get into the one on the bottom left. This applies in several different
presentations.

"Echo S" wrote:

> Headers and footers are different than the graphics on masters/layouts. Try
> Insert | Header and Footer. Can you change the text there?
>
> --
> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>
>
> "Old MacDonald" <OldMacDonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C052F077-51F8-4C28-902C-DE942F45D830@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having the same problems described in this discussion - specifically
> > I'm
> > trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but
> > which I
> > just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just remain
> > frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not create
> > whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
> > footers. Any simple solutions out there?
> >
> > "Echo S" wrote:
> >
> >> You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.
> >>
> >> Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
> >> because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
> >> placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in
> >> 2003.
> >> That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New Slide
> >> gallery (bottom half of button), though.
> >>
> >> The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The little
> >> ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their settings
> >> from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
> >> master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.
> >>
> >> OR
> >>
> >> Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the slide
> >> layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add an
> >> image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
> >> individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.
> >>
> >> You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already posted
> >> this
> >> link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed you'd
> >> read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that page
> >> is
> >> "Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems to
> >> me
> >> to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's
> >> going
> >> on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding your
> >> own
> >> slide layouts" from this page:
> >> http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm
> >>
> >> --
> >> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> >> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> >> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
> >> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
> >>
> >>
> >> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:A5479DF6-4C1E-4BE3-949C-2CC097EE2B50@microsoft.com...
> >> > That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so
> >> > they
> >> > are
> >> > in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like
> >> > they
> >> > are
> >> > now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The
> >> > presentations
> >> > they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now
> >> > appear
> >> > to
> >> > be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively
> >> > eliminates
> >> > the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
> >> > pictures.
> >> > They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it in
> >> > a
> >> > new
> >> > presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch is a
> >> > "crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be able
> >> > to
> >> > manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in Office
> >> > 2003.
> >> > My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a
> >> > solution
> >> > may
> >> > exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and
> >> > edit
> >> > that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.
> >> >
> >> > "Echo S" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't put
> >> >> one
> >> >> on
> >> >> the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts.
> >> >> You'll
> >> >> need
> >> >> to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
> >> >> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
> >> >> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
> >> >> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:24A24868-E50A-4591-BCA4-D3E60AE0C892@microsoft.com...
> >> >> > I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with
> >> >> > different
> >> >> > pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
> >> >> > organizations,
> >> >> > departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these were
> >> >> > individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized,
> >> >> > removed,
> >> >> > etc.
> >> >> > The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as one
> >> >> > background
> >> >> > on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the
> >> >> > individual
> >> >> > pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this particularly
> >> >> > annoying
> >> >> > problem.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Malenefri" wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point
> >> >> >> 2003
> >> >> >> using
> >> >> >> Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the old
> >> >> >> slide
> >> >> >> master anymore.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

The headers and footers placeholders (Date, Footer, Slide Number) should be
selectable from the slide master (big thumbnail in Master View) and also on
the individual slide layouts (little thumbnail in Master View). The one on
the left by default is the date, but I can't think of why it wouldn't be
selectable.

If you want to email me a few slides from a presentation that exhibits this
problem, I'm happy to take a look. Mail to echos at indy dot net Please
include the text of these posts so I know what it is I'm looking at. Please
also don't send me megs and megs of files. Just a few slides that
demonstrate the issue should be plenty. Thanks.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


"Old MacDonald" <OldMacDonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:59114F45-1910-4B9A-8559-2661326768D9@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the suggestion but no, it doesn't work. Clicking footer brings
> up
> a text box at the bottom of the slide that I could already access but I
> still
> can't get into the one on the bottom left. This applies in several
> different
> presentations.
>
> "Echo S" wrote:
>
>> Headers and footers are different than the graphics on masters/layouts.
>> Try
>> Insert | Header and Footer. Can you change the text there?
>>
>> --
>> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
>> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>>
>>
>> "Old MacDonald" <OldMacDonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C052F077-51F8-4C28-902C-DE942F45D830@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm having the same problems described in this discussion -
>> > specifically
>> > I'm
>> > trying to edit footers (text) in slide masters created in PPT2003 but
>> > which I
>> > just can't access in PPT2007. Graphics are okay; text boxes just
>> > remain
>> > frustratingly inaccessible. I want to edit the presentations, not
>> > create
>> > whole new ones, but I just can't get rid of, or change, the text in the
>> > footers. Any simple solutions out there?
>> >
>> > "Echo S" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You could also make multiple masters in PPT 2007.
>> >>
>> >> Masters have been completely overhauled and aremuch more powerful now,
>> >> because we have the ability to create custom slide layouts and add
>> >> placeholders. So just make multiple masters, much as you would have in
>> >> 2003.
>> >> That's a lot to wade through when your user goes to Home tab | New
>> >> Slide
>> >> gallery (bottom half of button), though.
>> >>
>> >> The big thumbnail in the 2007 master view is the slide master, The
>> >> little
>> >> ones are its associated slide layouts. The layouts inherit their
>> >> settings
>> >> from the master they're associated with. So if you have a picture on a
>> >> master, associated layouts are gonna have that picture.
>> >>
>> >> OR
>> >>
>> >> Don't put an image on the master, but instead put the image on the
>> >> slide
>> >> layout. Heck, create your own slide layouts (in master view) and add
>> >> an
>> >> image to each of them. NOTE: I am NOT saying to put the images on the
>> >> individual slides, I am saying to put them on the individual LAYOUTS.
>> >>
>> >> You posted in the middle of an existing thread where I'd already
>> >> posted
>> >> this
>> >> link http://www.echosvoice.com/2007/editinglayouts.htm so I assumed
>> >> you'd
>> >> read the other responses and, therefore, that link. The name of that
>> >> page
>> >> is
>> >> "Editing stuff on masters and layouts in PowerPoint 2007," which seems
>> >> to
>> >> me
>> >> to be pretty much what you want to do. So it may help explain what's
>> >> going
>> >> on "under the covers" with masters and thumbnails. See also "adding
>> >> your
>> >> own
>> >> slide layouts" from this page:
>> >> http://www.echosvoice.com/2007_tutorials.htm
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> >> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> >> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
>> >> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:A5479DF6-4C1E-4BE3-949C-2CC097EE2B50@microsoft.com...
>> >> > That doesn't solve the problem. We want the images on the Master so
>> >> > they
>> >> > are
>> >> > in the top corners for all the lsides in the presentation (just like
>> >> > they
>> >> > are
>> >> > now). The users have been migrated to 2007 from 2003. The
>> >> > presentations
>> >> > they had with pictures placed individually on the Master slide now
>> >> > appear
>> >> > to
>> >> > be considered as one background image in 2007 which effectively
>> >> > eliminates
>> >> > the users ability to modify the Master slide with respect to those
>> >> > pictures.
>> >> > They can't even select the individual picture(s) to place/re-use it
>> >> > in
>> >> > a
>> >> > new
>> >> > presentation. To consider telling the users to start from scratch
>> >> > is a
>> >> > "crap" answer in my opinion. Instead, we need to know how to be
>> >> > able
>> >> > to
>> >> > manipulate the Master exactly with the same capability we had in
>> >> > Office
>> >> > 2003.
>> >> > My limited knowledge on this topic so far lends me to believe a
>> >> > solution
>> >> > may
>> >> > exist if we can retrieve the original Master slide as a template and
>> >> > edit
>> >> > that way, but I haven't figured that out yet.
>> >> >
>> >> > "Echo S" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> If you want individual pictures on individual layouts, then don't
>> >> >> put
>> >> >> one
>> >> >> on
>> >> >> the master and instead put the images on the individual layouts.
>> >> >> You'll
>> >> >> need
>> >> >> to actually do this in 2007, not in 2003, of course.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
>> >> >> What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
>> >> >> Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
>> >> >> PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Goudy" <Goudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> >> news:24A24868-E50A-4591-BCA4-D3E60AE0C892@microsoft.com...
>> >> >> > I'm having the same problem. We have many presentations with
>> >> >> > different
>> >> >> > pictures/graphics placed on the slide master(s) to represent
>> >> >> > organizations,
>> >> >> > departments, etc. In the PowerPoint 2003 presentations these
>> >> >> > were
>> >> >> > individually inserted pictures and could be deleted, resized,
>> >> >> > removed,
>> >> >> > etc.
>> >> >> > The same presentations in Office 2007 seem to be considered as
>> >> >> > one
>> >> >> > background
>> >> >> > on the Slide Master precluding any ability to manipulate the
>> >> >> > individual
>> >> >> > pictures/images. I have yet to find a solution to this
>> >> >> > particularly
>> >> >> > annoying
>> >> >> > problem.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > "Malenefri" wrote:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> How is it possible to edit a slide master created in Power Point
>> >> >> >> 2003
>> >> >> >> using
>> >> >> >> Power Point 2007? I am not able to edit (cut/copy/paste) in the
>> >> >> >> old
>> >> >> >> slide
>> >> >> >> master anymore.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>