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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Can you send me a few slides? There should be a way to automate that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich<br>HTCTU Director<br>408-996-6047</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Terrill Thompson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:28 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Fixing PowerPoint slides without titles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I have a PowerPoint file that's built from a template that was created from scratch, rather than using one of the built-in templates that comes with PowerPoint. Consequently the large text at the top of each slide, which is tagged as a title in the built-in templates, is not a title at all - it's just text. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Is there a way to change this object in the slide master from "text placeholder" to "title"? <br><br>If not I'm going to have to fix each slide individually, which I'd rather not do (it's a very large slideshow, and is one of many slideshows built from this same template). <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Terrill <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>--- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Terrill Thompson<br>Technology Accessibility Specialist<br>DO-IT, Accessible Technology Services<br>UW Information Technology<br>University of Washington<br><a href="mailto:tft@uw.edu" target="_blank">tft@uw.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>