character spacing

[Guest]

I have a character spacing problem that seems to defy resolution.

In Powerpoint 2003 chart edit mode text spacing is fine from a font
appearance standpoint. When I return to display mode the characters instantly
become compressed, pushing together. This compression continues in printing
mode. This result does not change when alternative fonts are tried.

I have re-installed Powerpoint 2003. Still no resolution.

This character compression result is new, implying I have done something to
cause this new feature. Co-workers are not having this problem.

Any suggestions??

 

[LVTravel]

I have had this problem with only one character in a single font and it was
the g character. The only "fix" I have found is to change the font to a
different one. I have tried to reinstall the font (after first deleting it)
from my font archive and that didn't help. The font I was using was not a
Microsoft supplied font and is an older TTF font. Error only appears on one
of the machines and as you said it happens only in presentation mode, not
edit mode.

 

[TAJ Simmons]

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I believe this can happen if you resize your graph/chart while in powerpoint
and not in what I call 'graph mode'. It's always best to double click the
graph (to enter graph mode) then do any resizing of either the graph - or
the placeholder for the graph.

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TAJ Simmons
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[Echo S]

Are you using a wide-screen monitor? See #4 at
http://www.echosvoice.com/charts.htm (some of the other stuff there might be
relevant, too).

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a character spacing problem that seems to defy resolution.

In Powerpoint 2003 chart edit mode text spacing is fine from a font
appearance standpoint. When I return to display mode the characters instantly
become compressed, pushing together. This compression continues in printing
mode. This result does not change when alternative fonts are tried.

I have re-installed Powerpoint 2003. Still no resolution.

This character compression result is new, implying I have done something to
cause this new feature. Co-workers are not having this problem.

Any suggestions??

This usually results from changing the size of charts in PPT itself rather than
in the source program (Excel or MSGraph usually).

Try doubleclicking the graph to activate it, resize it to 100% while it's
activated, then click back off of it. Better?