So it seems kind of strange to open up with a post on Powerpoint:2011 for mac.
But well, I simply have to currently work with that piece of software. And found a couple of editing features not so intuitive. Or better: only found the buttons and settings I was looking for after mucho poking around. (save yourself the RTFM thought, they're not in the manual either.)
So I'm putting it in writing, as a note-to-self. And some other poor souls who seem to be clicking away blindfolded.
- "ribbons" (Menüband)
awkward UI pitfall: the width of the ribbons don't automatically adjust with the size of the window. Meaning: if you have your Powerpoint application window smaller than the minimum width of the ribbon, the elements in the ribbon don't "word-wrap" and arrange themselves in multiple "lines". Instead, the ribbon is just cut off on the right. So you don't see all the buttons of the entire ribbon. - "reapply master"
in order to bring the formatting and layout of a slide back to the default settings defined in the master, there's a pretty obvious button in all other versions of Powerpoint other than 2011 for mac. Event in Apple's own keynote there is.
Well, it's also there in Powerpoint:mac 2011. But not so obvious.
Choose "Normal View" (⌘1).
Select the slide(s).
Click on the little layout button (2nd to the left, right next to "new slide") in the "Start" tab. This shows you all the master slides.
Select the desired master template.
And finally: click on "reset layout" (or similar, I'm using the German version so I don't know the exact translation) at the very bottom of the master template overview.
voilà! - "syllable division" (Silbentrennung)
good call!
I have no clue how to set that either!
(activating it in Word:mac 2011 (Extras -> Silbentrennung) didn't do a thing in Powerpoint:mac 2011)
I guess there's more to come. So I will most likely constantly update this post.
