Re: "Shortcut menus in PowerPoint"

Echo S

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Sep 17, 2005, 11:36:32 PM9/17/05

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I'm not sure what you mean here.

Did you try to install an add-in?

Can you give us the exact steps you're using to "deploy" and information on
what "shortcut menus" you're referring to?

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> I have tried to deploy this feature as a adjunct to my toolbar feature
set.
> However, whenever I select it, it appears and then disappears when I close
> the toolbar modification dialogue box. What is this all about?
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kstee...@charter.net

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Sep 18, 2005, 6:47:01 AM9/18/05

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I go to VIEW>TOOLBARS>CUSTOMIZE, then I choose “Shortcut Menus.” I look up at
the toolbar in the open presentation window, and a secondary toolbar appears
which allows for the editing of text, table, draw, & slide show. When I close
the customize dialogue box for toolbars, this specialized toolbar disappears.
What do you think? It seems like a pretty useful feature to have available.
{For PowerPoint 2003}

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AKS

Echo S

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Sep 18, 2005, 9:08:46 PM9/18/05

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Oooh, yeah, I can see where that toolbar would be useful.

Unfortunately, it disappears here, too, and I can't get it to stay visible.
I think it's probably a bug.

I tried docking it, and that didn't help. So I tried moving the commands on
it to another toolbar, but that didn't work, either.

You can actually build your own version of this by going to
View>Toolbars>Customize>Commands and choosing "built-in menus." You can drag
those to a new toolbar, and you can add other commands from the Commands tab
by dragging them to the new menus on the new toolbar.

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kstee...@charter.net

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Sep 18, 2005, 9:41:02 PM9/18/05

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Thanks for your help. I really, truly appreciate the effort. This "bug" seems
very strange in such a refined product as PowerPoint is, is supposed to be.
Oh, well...AKS

Bill Foley

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Sep 19, 2005, 6:05:56 AM9/19/05

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This toolbar is only visible long enough for you to add items to it (similar
to adding icons to other toolbars, etc.), then they are subsequently
accessed by right-clicking (Shortcut menus) on various items throughout
PowerPoint. Of course it depends on which shortcut menu you added the new
items to. They cannot remain visible as a regular toolbar!

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Steve Rindsberg

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Sep 19, 2005, 10:22:21 AM9/19/05

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In article <u5Td7GQv...@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>, Bill Foley wrote:
> This toolbar is only visible long enough for you to add items to it (similar
> to adding icons to other toolbars, etc.), then they are subsequently
> accessed by right-clicking (Shortcut menus) on various items throughout
> PowerPoint. Of course it depends on which shortcut menu you added the new
> items to. They cannot remain visible as a regular toolbar!

<CLICK!> [looks up] Wow, neat lightbulb! Bright, too.

Hey, you can even add items to the SlideShow popup menu. The couple I tried
don't seem to *work* mind you ... they're grayed out, but it's a start.

Thanks!

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Echo S

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Sep 19, 2005, 10:55:14 AM9/19/05

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Aha! It makes so much more sense when you understand how it's supposed to
work!

Thanks, Bill.

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Bill Foley

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Sep 19, 2005, 10:57:57 AM9/19/05

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Woohoo! The light's on, but everyone left for the Summit! HA!

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Bill Foley

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Sep 19, 2005, 11:53:37 AM9/19/05

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No prob, girlfriend!

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Steve Rindsberg

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Sep 19, 2005, 2:15:36 PM9/19/05

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In article <ec0rGqSv...@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, Bill Foley wrote:
> Woohoo! The light's on, but everyone left for the Summit! HA!
>

Will somebody please turn off the MVPs when their minds leave?

Or when they take leave of their minds?

Then you can leave.

They won't mind.

;-)