Comments on: Two PowerPoint 2007 Issues that Bug Me

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:13:11 +0000

Regarding the header/footer issue, I just did a search on text in the footer that I needed to edit, and when Search pulled it up, I was able to change it.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 15:51:20 +0000

Microsoft just doesn’t care I guess. I just loaded Office 2007 and can not edit my Powerpoint 2003 footer. I can’t even delete it. I guess I have to start over and build a new file. Thanks for nothing Microsoft.

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:44:52 +0000

I have a PowerPoint 2003 slide presentation I am trying to edit in PowerPoint 2007. I cannot edit the footer or header. If I Insert->Header and Footer->Footer text, the new text does not even appear anywhere. The old footer text is there.

PowerPoint 2007 points at the footer area and calls it “Title/Subtitle/Confidentiality line.” It points at the header and calls it “Group name.”

Does anyone know how to edit the “Group name” or “Title/Subtitle/Confidentiality line” in PowerPoint 2007?

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:34:33 +0000

What about the slide master? If you through in the date, slide number, title, etc on it then it adds them to all your slides?

By: David Hurd

David Hurd — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:28:58 +0000

Its July 2009 and they still have not fixed the footer issue. I actually found a statement on the Microsoft Website that claims editing of the footer on each page is a “feature”. What a joke.

By: John Talbot

John Talbot — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:32:10 +0000

I have been using and teaching PowerPoint for years and was looking forward to the 2007 release. I too love the enhanced graphics, but I have actually reinstalled Ppt 2003. This is for the reasons above but also because action buttons don’t work – even when you fix them, they stop working again and images disappear! This happens seeming at random and I was presenting an anatomy lecture to a large group last week when some important images simply vanished – even though had been present the week before. AVOID!

By: Troy M

Troy M — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:51:16 +0000

When using the “Reuse Slide” tool in the New Slide menu, transferred slides do not keep all of the text formatting in text boxes that were added (not part of the slide layout). This causes other parts of the slide to be pushed around and the tool is not used as effectively as it should be. This would be a great tool if it worked properly, and I hope microsoft does something about it soon

By: Richard Jarrett

Richard Jarrett — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:21:25 +0000

I am not sure this is where I can get help with another PowerPoint 2007 annoying bug or at least I think it is a bug. When I add a SmartArt to a slide and when you are zoomed in on the Art and make a modification, the slide re-positions its self back to the upper left corner. You then have to move back to where you were making modifications every time. Really slows down you work time having to go back to where you were working on the slide. I do not see anywhere in the setup or options to turn this off. Any Help?? Thanks Richard Jarrett