I have been trying to figure out the solution to this problem for a while and thus far it has only really drove me crazy. I am really hoping that some one here can help me with this.

I am using powerpoint 2007 and I have a good sized presentation that I am required to do, sometimes multiple times per day. For the most part it just requires me to copy weather charts from different pages. The problem that I am having is that at the top of most of the pages there is a text box that has the title of each slide. When I paste the image on to the slide, I always have to go back and tell it to put the text box in front.

I would like to know if there is a way to make it so that the text box stays in the front automatically. It would really make my life a lot easier and will hopefully make things a little easier for my coworkers as well.

I posted this some where else and never got any replies so I am hoping that by going through this site I will find some one who knows how to do this or if it is even possible.

Thanks in advance for any help.

John

Try this. Go to "Insert" and choose shape. Select a box and make it the size you need for your text. Leave the color it comes out as alone for now. Now go back to the "Insert" tab and choose "Text Box". Put the text box inside the box you made. Type in your text. You may have to change the font color to see it. Now click on the box you inserted and then click on "Arrange" under the "Home" tab. Now click on the "Bring to Front" option. Now right click on the box and then click "Format Shape" and check the "No Fill" box and the "No Line" box. Now when you insert another picture (weather chart) your text should stay visible.

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Thanks for the help with this. I gave it a good try with the directions that you gave, and sadly I have to report that it didn't work. When I paste the new image onto the slide, the shape with the text in it still goes behind the image.

I was really excited to see your reply, I was really hoping that this one was going to work. Thanks again...will just have to keep working on it for now.

John

I don't know how hard this would be for you to do with your slides but it will work. If the new image you are using is on your computer, you can put your text box in and then add your image via the format background option and then the text box will stay in front. You can do your next image without removing the previous one. I hope that won't be much harder than copy and paste. Let me know please if this method works for your presentation.

I'm not sure that would really work for this either. This is a presentation that is used by multiple people and I think that saving the images would actually make it take quite a bit longer than it does now. The problem that I run into is that we sometimes have to do this presentation as quickly as possible and having to save each of the images would add extra time.

I'm starting to think that this may be a lost cause and we may just have to keep right clicking and selecting send to back.

Thanks again for your help.

John