Powerpoint 2007

Okay, I am a graphic designer for a large corporation, and we do a lot of
Powerpoint. I have to say that this is the lamest, crappiest, upgrade I have
ever seen from such a company. Want a partial list? Here it is!

1. No peel off pallettes, meaning screen real estate is sucked up by menues
and slide thumbnails.

2. Must quit and restart powerpoint after having changed a linked file.

3. Where are the guides?????

4. No support for layers!!!!!

5. No shortcut keys, meaning again, I have to tie my left hand behind my
back to constantly go up to the menu to access anything!!!!

6. Old PP I had to move objects out of the way to get the ones underneath.
Now, in order to do the same, I have to go to that pallette which allows you
to turn on or off an objects visibility. While this is an improvement, I
still have to constantly go back and forth clicking and unclicking till my
hand cramps up.

This program is still so far behind any Adobe product, it is almost not
worth buying, but if your company has to, well then you have no choice. As
for me, all I can do is tell Microsoft... a) you suck, b) hire some graphics
people to work with your programmers, because the programmers make LOUSY GUI
designers, and c) you don't give a damn about your customers!

There's a bit about guides and shortcuts here in the 2007 section
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoi...tutorials.html

And clippy - you forgot him!
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"2007 Newest Powerpoint version" wrote:

Okay, I am a graphic designer for a large corporation, and we do a lot of
Powerpoint. I have to say that this is the lamest, crappiest, upgrade I have
ever seen from such a company. Want a partial list? Here it is!

1. No peel off pallettes, meaning screen real estate is sucked up by menues
and slide thumbnails.

2. Must quit and restart powerpoint after having changed a linked file.

3. Where are the guides?????

4. No support for layers!!!!!

5. No shortcut keys, meaning again, I have to tie my left hand behind my
back to constantly go up to the menu to access anything!!!!

6. Old PP I had to move objects out of the way to get the ones underneath.
Now, in order to do the same, I have to go to that pallette which allows you
to turn on or off an objects visibility. While this is an improvement, I
still have to constantly go back and forth clicking and unclicking till my
hand cramps up.

This program is still so far behind any Adobe product, it is almost not
worth buying, but if your company has to, well then you have no choice. As
for me, all I can do is tell Microsoft... a) you suck, b) hire some graphics
people to work with your programmers, because the programmers make LOUSY GUI
designers, and c) you don't give a damn about your customers!

2. Must quit and restart powerpoint after having changed a linked file.

Rightclick the linked object, choose Update.
Looks like you can also customize an Update Links (all links, presumably,
though it doesn't say so) onto the Quick Access toolbar)

3. Where are the guides?????

Rightclick anywhere off the slides, choose Rulers & Guides.

4. No support for layers!!!!!

No.

5. No shortcut keys, meaning again, I have to tie my left hand behind my
back to constantly go up to the menu to access anything!!!!

Which shortcut keys in particular are you missing? In theory, it's supposed to
support all of the shortcuts from previous versions.

6. Old PP I had to move objects out of the way to get the ones underneath.
Now, in order to do the same, I have to go to that pallette which allows you
to turn on or off an objects visibility. While this is an improvement, I
still have to constantly go back and forth clicking and unclicking till my
hand cramps up.

As in previous versions, you can use the Tab key to step through shapes on a
slide; if there aren't too many, it's pretty quick.

This program is still so far behind any Adobe product

Yes and no. PowerPoint's WAY behind Adobe Illustrator as a drawing program, but
then again, so is Acrobat. It's behind Adobe InDesign as a DTP/layout app, but
then again, so is Photoshop. The point being that it's not a drawing or layout
app, it's a presentation program. Adobe doesn't even have a competing product,
having bought and dumped Persuasion years ago. Apples. Oranges. Like that.

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