Re: Setting the default language for Notes and Handouts in PowerPo

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Hi Echo,

I think a .potx file contains themes as well. It appears to in my testing.
I've also foudn this comment on a web site:

"You can save any file in a template format (.potx). A template can contain
various custom settings, such as changes you make to the slide master, custom
layouts or animations you created, or themes and font choices you applied.
Your templates can also contain text or graphic elements in placeholders. By
using a template as the basis of a new presentation, you can not only save
time but guarantee a consistency of look and feel among all your
presentations."

S

"Echo S" wrote:

Oh, that is a difference between a template (potx) and a theme (thmx), then.
A theme is Office wide. It holds theme colors, theme fonts, theme effects,
and it also has slide layouts. To include other stuff, you need to give the
users a template as well. This sounds like one of those times.

To specify it as the default theme, right-click the template in the gallery
and choose "set as default theme." That will create a file, "Default
Theme.thmx" -- but then we're back to the problem that the theme won't save
the language setting for the header/footer. Hm....

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"StephenCWLL" <StephenCWLL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Geetesh is correct! If I save the template as a .dotx file instead of a
.thmx
file then it remembers the Header settings :)

However, does it also remember the theme? How would I get Powerpoint to
start up with a custom template and theme?

Thanks,
S

"Echo S" wrote:

Ahhh.

I don't know, either where the English US is coming from, then. I suspect
Geetesh is onto something :-) -- but it does seem odd that it's not
sticking.

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"StephenCWLL" <StephenCWLL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Echo,

Thanks for the reply. I'll have a look.

Incidentally, the language setting in the OS is English UK and there is
no
English US dual selected. I've set via GPO the default editing language
to
be
English UK and only enabled the English UK language in the enabled
editing
languages via GPO. However, in that list box both English US and
English
UK
appear, which is mysterious! Where it is getting English US from I'm
not
sure.

Thanks,
Stephen.

"Echo S" wrote:

Interesting. When I choose the Date and Time option, I cannot change
the
language setting from English (U.S.) or the calendar type from
Western --
those are greyed out.

I *think* the selections in the "update automatically" dropdown box
are
taken from your Windows regional settings. I know I have a client in
the
Netherlands, and I don't get their date options unless I temporarily
change
my system to Netherlands in Windows. However, this is using PPT 2000
and
2003, so I don't know if there have been changes in 2007 or not. I
suspect
it's just a matter of your users having English UK set in Windows,
then
they'll see those options.

You might want to change the language code of the placeholders on the
notes
pages and handouts masters, though.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q245468/
has code to change them, but I'm not sure how to make it run through
the
notes pages and handouts in addition to the slides. Could any of you
coders
pop in here, please?

Oh, heck, for convenience, here's the code from the KB article.

Sub Lingo()

' Declare variables.
Dim sld As Slide
Dim shp As Shape

' Loop through all the slides in the presentation.
For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides

' Loop through each shape on each slide.
For Each shp In sld.Shapes

' If the Shape is a text box...
If shp.Type = msoTextBox Or msoPlaceholder Then
If shp.HasTextFrame Then

' ...then change the language to US English.
' NOTE: To change the language ID to another language,
' change the msoLanguageID value here to a
' different language.
shp.TextFrame.TextRange.LanguageID =
msoLanguageIDEnglishUS

End If
End If
Next
Next

End Sub


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"StephenCWLL" <buddycwll@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm trying to create a default template for PowerPoint 2007 and to
have the Language settings for the date/time on Notes and Handouts
set
to English UK. I can set it for the slides and it remembers it in
the
template but for Notes and Handouts it doesn't.

Here's what I do and what happens:

Load template
Go to Insert menu, then 'Header and Footer'
Select 'Notes and Handouts'
Tick 'Date and Time'
Set Language to English UK
Click Apply
Save template

When I load up the template next the settings above are not
remembered.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,
Stephen.










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