Re: Creating/Modifying Page layouts in 2004

Jon P. wrote:
> "Whereas the PC version offers a number of different layouts as well as
the
> option to Link, Mac PPt just spits out a Word doc as an outline based on
> Title, Subtitle & Bulleted List placeholder content. There's no graphics
> slide thumbnails or page numbering & it isn't structured in a Table
or....
> 
> Now I'm wondering why I even bothered to mention it"
> 
> Well I appreciate the thought anyway - I may still be able to make some
use of it.
> 
> Does anyone know from a historical perspective why the standard handout
layouts in PPT are so abysmal and can't be modified? It completely baffles
me. In many ways it is a good product - although frankly it has too much
emphasis on flash and too little on utility for my personal taste.

Hi Jon,

Over the years the request to be able to modify the handout layouts has 
come up over and over, but has been overshadowed by other cooler (eg 
motion path animation sup****t) or "must haves" (eg. new drawing engine) 
that keep bumping the request down the list.

It's something that's been on my radar for a long time, yet when it 
comes to making my top 10 priority list, that one doesn't make the list.

But maybe it should next time. A lot more could be done with the handout 
and notes masters, and handouts really ought to be customizable. It's  a 
no-brainer when you think about it and should have been worked on years
ago.

Please take a moment and send your feature request to Microsoft. Use 
PowerPoint's Help menu and choose the send feedback option. Your request 
will get to a PowerPoint product manager.

Thanks.

-Jim

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