Using the 2nd Edition of BBP with PowerPoint 2003
The second edition of the BBP book has been thoroughly revised and updated for
use with PowerPoint 2007, demonstrating how to make use of the latest software
features including the new user interface and a much-improved Presenter
View.
If you are using the PowerPoint 2007 version of the book but still
have PowerPoint 2003, you will not be able to use the PowerPoint 2007
documents that are included on the CD because the latest version of the software
is not backward-compatible with earlier versions.
If you have
PowerPoint 2003, you can still use the approach by following the basic steps in
the book and by downloading the following two versions of the BBP tools that
have been modified for use with the earlier software (right-click to download
and save the files to your local computer):
PDF Instructions on how to use the 2003 Word and PowerPoint Tools
BBP
2007 Story Template modified for Word 2003
BBP
2007 Storyboard Formatter modified for PowerPoint 2003
NOTE: The BBP Story Template is a Word template document that ends in file extension ".dot" and the BBP Storyboard Formatter is a PowerPoint template that ends in file extension ".pot". This means that after you download the files to your local computer, each time you click one, it will open a new file and leaves the original formatting of the template intact.
When you open the BBP Storyboard Formatter, it includes only one blank
slide. The formatting that is included with the BBP Storyboard Formatter is not visible on this slide, but rather in the PowerPoint 2003 design layouts. To check that the built-in formatting is there, select the blank slide and on the menu bar, select Format, Slide Design. The Slide Design panel will appear on the right of the screen, and there you will see the Key Point, Explanation
and Detail layouts described in the book - click one of the layouts to apply it to your slide.
PowerPoint 2003 does not include the Custom Layouts
feature included in PowerPoint 2007, but you otherwise can modify
the slide master layouts by choosing View, Master, Slide Master and
applying changes to the corresponding layouts there.
(See: "Using the BBP Storyboard Formatter" on p. 159 and "Applying
Custom Layouts to Your Storyboard" on p. 243.)
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