@Deb: "For whatever reason I just can't seem to find what I am looking for.  I am 
using Microsoft 2000.  
I know that Ctrl M will open the new slide window, but there's got to be a 
better shortcut to open a new bulletted slide, or a new chart slide or a new 
blank slide without going through the New Slide window.
Thanks!"
    @pptheaven: "Doing a Ctrl-M then followed by Enter should give you a bulleted slide by 
default, unless you have disabled the "New slide dialog".
To re-enable it, click Tools > Options.
Under Show, put a checkmark on New slide dialog.
Click Ok.
You can also memorise the hotkeys. For instance, Ctrl-M, follow by '8', will 
allow you to jump to the Chart icon. While Ctrl-M, follow by '1' then '2', 
will jump to blank slide icon.
Shawn Toh (tohlz)
Microsoft MVP PowerPoint
(Amazing PowerPoint animations, artworks, games here)
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    @abuse: "<quote>
For basic title and bullet slides, you can pound text/slides much faster doing 
it in Outline view/in the Outline Pane."
    @lucy: "Hi Michael
That's my experience when using 2007 but not 2003 - 2003 always gives a 
bulleted text slide for ctrl+m. Which used to drive me crazy as I pretty 
much never use that layout....
Lucy
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
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    @iamnot: "Thanks Lucy, your absolutely correct. Sometimes, I really hate my memory <g>
  Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint
"Lucy Thomson" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Hi Michael
That's my experience when using 2007 but not 2003 - 2003 always gives a
bulleted text slide for ctrl+m. Which used to drive me crazy as I pretty
much never use that layout....
Lucy
Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
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    @lucy: "<g>
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MOS Master Instructor
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