[Click to add Headline/Title]

March 31, 2009 8:48 AM

How do I keep PowerPoint (2007) from inserting a "Click to add title" textbox when I delete a slide's title?
posted by Jonathan Harford to computers & internet (8 comments total)

Remove the title box, not just the text. The easiest way for me to do this is to select the box, then Ctrl+X to cut it out.
posted by mattybonez at 8:51 AM on March 31

Also, go to View > Master View and delete the automatic placeholders.
posted by Happy Dave at 8:55 AM on March 31

Happy Dave has it.
posted by mathowie at 9:41 AM on March 31

Just to give you another option, you could make the title a single space. Although I'd go with removing the entire box with either of the above methods.
posted by theichibun at 9:49 AM on March 31

mattybonez, when I do that -- whether I hit Ctrl-X or Del -- PowerPoint creates an entirely new text box with its accursed text.

I'd like to still have new slides appear with title text boxes. I just don't want them to spawn when I delete them. Nevertheless, since I copy titles and slides more often than I create new ones, Happy Dave's solution is probably the best one.
posted by Jonathan Harford at 10:11 AM on March 31

As far as I know this shouldn't really be a problem because when you play the slide show powerpoint doesn't show the boxes that say insert title here.
posted by DJWeezy at 11:45 AM on March 31 [1 favorite]

DJWeezy has it. That placeholder text doesn't appear during a slideshow.
posted by sbutler at 12:40 PM on March 31

It doesn't appear, but it's SUPER SUPER ANNOYING (more than going to the trouble of click-[Del]) to work around.
posted by Jonathan Harford at 11:27 PM on April 1