Bullets / font formatting changes on close / open

[Frank T. via OfficeKB.com]

Hello.

I've run across the problem two or three times now where I format a
PowerPoint file (I'm using Office XP on a PC), and when I close and re-open
the file, bullets either appear or disappear, and the font sizes change a
bit.

I can actually open the file on my PC, FIX all the problems, save it, and
as soon as I re-open it on the SAME computer, the formatting and bullets
are altered again.

I seem to recall reading an article that this problem can be caused if the
PowerPoint file was edited on a Mac computer at some point in its
'lifetime', but can't re-find this information.

It doesn't appear to be a 'font missing' problem, or the likes. And the
bullets are just standard PowerPoint bullets.

Does anyone have any information on this particular problem?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hello.

Hi ...

This refers to PPT 2000 but the fixes suggested might work in your case too:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q243657

If not, do you have multiple masters in the presentation? If so, check to see
if the text is assuming the formatting from the FIRST slide/title master when
you reopen the file.

 

[Frank T. via OfficeKB.com]

Thanks for the reply. I will try out both of these methods!

 

[Guest]

Steve, If you are still monitoring this thread, I did find multiple masters,
how did that happen?
I thought that had found that the problem was still appearing in 2003, not
just 2000 as the kb article said. I was going to post a tip on this board,
but decided to search for the kb number in the board first and found this
thread.
So it may not be the same problem as the original kbQ243657 was refering to?
Anyway, it was a good tip, i gave you a click. you should have one more
"persons helped".
How do you find stuff like that out, anyway, did you just happen to check?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve, If you are still monitoring this thread, I did find multiple masters,
how did that happen?

How did they get there? Oof. Hard to say without looking over the shoulder of
every person who'd handled the file since it was a l'il baby bear critter.

I thought that had found that the problem was still appearing in 2003, not
just 2000 as the kb article said. I was going to post a tip on this board,
but decided to search for the kb number in the board first and found this
thread.
So it may not be the same problem as the original kbQ243657 was refering to?
Anyway, it was a good tip, i gave you a click. you should have one more
"persons helped".
How do you find stuff like that out, anyway, did you just happen to check?

Thanks. How do I find stuff like this? Mostly I steal it from Echo and the
others. My motto: If you can't be really really smart, stand really really close
to people who can and grab the crumbs.

 

[Guest]

How did they get there? Oof. Hard to say without looking over the shoulder of
every person who'd handled the file since it was a l'il baby bear critter.

Hi, Steve. I created the file, so whatever I did caused it to be there.
I think I remember opening a few templates to look at them. Some of them
must have stuck. I am not sure what causes one to stick to a powerpoint file,
maybe just the act of opening and checking it out when you are creating the
ppt.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi, Steve. I created the file, so whatever I did caused it to be there.
I think I remember opening a few templates to look at them. Some of them
must have stuck. I am not sure what causes one to stick to a powerpoint file,
maybe just the act of opening and checking it out when you are creating the
ppt.

If you applied the templates to your presentation, that certainly could have done it.

 

[Echo S]

Hi, Steve. I created the file, so whatever I did caused it to be there.
I think I remember opening a few templates to look at them. Some of them
must have stuck. I am not sure what causes one to stick to a powerpoint file,
maybe just the act of opening and checking it out when you are creating the
ppt.

What Steve said -- if you applied different templates, that would leave you
with more than one slide master.

You might also have gotten them if you copy/pasted slides in from another
presentation and opted to "keep source formatting." That adds the template
from the slide you want to keep the source formatting of so that it has some
source formatting to keep.

I'm sure there are other ways to inadvertently end up with extra masters,
but I'd imagine these are the two most common.

 

[Echo S]

check?

Thanks. How do I find stuff like this? Mostly I steal it from Echo and the
others. My motto: If you can't be really really smart, stand really really close
to people who can and grab the crumbs.

LOL!

[Yeah, right. Don't let him fool you, SongBear -- Steve's forgotten more
about PPT than most of us will ever know! That's why he keeps such a great
FAQ -- so we can have some semblance of memory... ]

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

[Yeah, right. Don't let him fool you, SongBear -- Steve's forgotten more
about PPT than most of us will ever know! That's why he keeps such a great
FAQ -- so we can have some semblance of memory... ]

Darn right. 'Cause you *know* you can't rely on me to *remember* any of it.
;-)

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

You might also have gotten them if you copy/pasted slides in from another

presentation and opted to "keep source formatting." That adds the template
from the slide you want to keep the source formatting of so that it has some
source formatting to keep.

Good one ... thanks!