Style Holdover from Word

Hi,
I am using Word's Outline View and the "Send to Microsoft Office PowerPoint"
function (added from the "Items not on the ribbon" in Word) to create slides
from my outline points. Everything comes in just fine, but when I go to
change the style of my slides, it changes only the backgrounds, not the text
formatting. In other words, my text comes in blue and stays blue no matter
what i do - can't change the font automagically, either.
I'm not sure whether to post this to the Word group or the Powerpoint group,
so I apologize if this is in the wrong place!
Thanks in advance,
Kathy