I've been using PPTools "Shapestyles" program on XP to do what PPT cannot--
apply stylesheets to a piece of text

Previously, using Shapestyles, I would just apply the style to any textbox, and it would place it in my desired location, and format the text to my specs.

However PPTools Shapestyles does not work with a Windows 64-bit machine, so I'm looking for an alternative, if anyone knows of one...