Problem with master slide – level 1 vs 2 (Office 03)

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I have been asked to work on the company presentation, basically to modify it quite a bit and I am stumped at one particular point (working on the master).
Basically after formatting the first level, the second level needs to have the following ‘characteristics’:
it should be at the same ‘level’ as the first, no bullet point and font in grey (same size font as level 1).
No matter how long I tried, I couldn’t find a solution to the second level, because by default it comes indented. I tried moving the ruler pointers (not sure how they are called) of the second level to the left, but it works only up to a point, after that it also moves to the left the first level.
Just in case it is not clear, here is a printscreen of how it should look like. The text ‘how it works, features & benefits’ should represent the second level.
Could anyone help me with a solution for this? I’d hate to tell my boss that it cannot be done

Thanks a lot,
kislany

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Good morning Kislany

You do not have to accept what is on the Master Slide, there is probably a more elegant solution but for ease and quikness I would suggest that you make your fist line with the bullet point, then create a new text box and type in your required text and do the same for any subsequent lines you want and then manually align it. If that is not clear I can if you want attach a quick example.

Cheers

Steve

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Hi Steve, the reason why this won’t work, is because the boss wants a master that we can use for any other presentations in the future, and that should be with this formatting. I might not work on each presentation myself, so they need a master to use in the company that adhers (sp?) to this particular formatting…

Thanks,
kislany

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You can’t do this interactively, as far as I can tell, but it can be accomplished using a macro:

Sub SetLevel2()
With ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.TextStyles(ppBodyStyle)
.Ruler.Levels(2).FirstMargin = .Ruler.Levels(1).LeftMargin
.Levels(2).Font.Color = RGB(128, 128, 128)
.Levels(2).Font.Size = .Levels(1).Font.Size
.Levels(2).ParagraphFormat.Bullet = False
End With
End Sub

If you run this macro, level 2 in the slide master should be set the way you want.

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You probably wont need to use code (relax)!

Put the cursor in level two
unset bullet points
Finger on ctrl key and move the second top slide left

Regards John

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Thank you all for the replies. John’s solution is the one i will be using, it is perfect for my needs!

Cheers,
kislany

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