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PPT 2007 vs. Imported PPT 2003 Tables (part 2)

Working from this slide the goal is to give both an identical look/style (file can be downloaded from previous post).

The template has a few options for tables preset that the imported tables to not automatically have turned on. Until these are manually activated the Table Styles Options will produce different visuals for the charts.

As example, for the sample file the ‘Header’ and ‘Banded Rows’ is active for all new tables by default. But the inserted PPT 2003 tables do not have these options active.

Select the (PPT 2003) table, activate these options and the 2 tables can easily be updated to look identical for a consistent presentation.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T09:13:03-07:00December 24th, 2009|PowerPoint|

PPT 2007 vs. Imported PPT 2003 Tables (part 1)

Here is a problem. You have a presentation where a number of tables are created and the Table Styles (Table Tools >> Design >> Table Styles) are used to make them look consistent and professional.

I often hear (and was one of people complaining too) that the styles are different for the PPT 2007 vs. the PPT 2003 table.

I have created a sample slide with these 2 tables on it:

Here is a link to download that slide (80K). See if you can make the two tables have an identical style/look using PPT 2007’s very helpful Table Styles. Feel free to use the post comment option to to tell us if you were successful, unsuccessful, or steps to accomplish.

Next post I will show what I check and do to accomplish this.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-09-16T09:13:25-07:00December 22nd, 2009|Tutorial|

Designer Look for Tables (2)

To add the rounded corners to the table I just cheated a bit…

First I set the upper-left and lower-right cells to no fill (note the text in the upper-left is now the same color as the background and cannot be seen).

Second I created two rounded corner autoshapes. Each filled with same color as the table background and sent to back. I then positioned them to align with the edges of the table.

Finally I grouped all three elements so they could easily be moved. The final result is a table with two rounded corners.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:09:44-07:00June 28th, 2007|Portfolio|

Designer Look for Tables

Tables contain lots of data – but often they do not blend with a presentations overall color scheme or design cues. Here is one example from a recent project that incorporated both the color scheme and design elements.

Color Scheme:
I filled the header bar with same color used for the bullets, bold text, and slide title area. The body of the table is filled with the presentation secondary color that was used throughout on several elements.

Design Cues:
The upper-left and lower-right feature rounded corners. Circles and rounded corners where a major design element throughout the presentation.


Up Next: How the rounded corners where created.

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T16:09:13-07:00June 26th, 2007|Portfolio, Tutorial|

The Two Looks of a PowerPoint Table

A recent project involved taking a good presentation and making it great. I had some very clean and easy to read PowerPoint tables. They conveyed the information and made good use of the tools in the application. Here is the original:

But the goal was to add visual dynamics to the presentation and this means making all elements coordinate with a common color scheme, font use and positioning. Here is the same table with some additional formatting:

– Troy @ TLC

By |2016-11-17T14:11:38-07:00August 14th, 2006|Portfolio|
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