Middle East Reversal

[MisterED]

I received a ppt. slide show created on a laptop
purchased in Kuwait by a serviceman. The slide sorter
numbers run from right to left and the arrow keys work in
reverse on this slide show. Can it be changed to work
left to right and re-saved in a new file? The slides read
properly but the direction is reversed.

 

[Echo S]

Try going to Tools/Language and changing the language to US English (or
whatever).

 

[Bill Dilworth]

If I remember from before, when this came up ages ago, changing the current
user language settings does not affect the saved presentation slide order.
PowerPoint uses the language setting to determine the direction, sure, but
it embeds those setting in the originally created PPT file and it weird
about changing it. Therefore, the direction is set at the time of original
PPT creation. I played a lot with it many moons ago (right/left vs.
left/right language settings) and don't remember any way to change the
original PPT file setting.

I seem to recall the work around was to create a new blank presentation
(with the correct language settings in place), then import the slides from
the reversed one.

MisterEd, could you post back with your results? I would like to make sure
my memory still serves.


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Try going to Tools/Language and changing the language to US English (or
whatever).

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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I received a ppt. slide show created on a laptop
purchased in Kuwait by a serviceman. The slide sorter
numbers run from right to left and the arrow keys work in
reverse on this slide show. Can it be changed to work
left to right and re-saved in a new file? The slides read
properly but the direction is reversed.

 

[Echo S]

Heh, obviously my memory isn't serving anything -- either good or bad --
today, though, since I recall none of this. (LOL at myself!) I was just
trying the most obvious thing (or what would *seem* to be the most obvious
thing, anyway) and hoping that MisterEd would post back one way or the
other. <g>

Echo

If I remember from before, when this came up ages ago, changing the current
user language settings does not affect the saved presentation slide order.
PowerPoint uses the language setting to determine the direction, sure, but
it embeds those setting in the originally created PPT file and it weird
about changing it. Therefore, the direction is set at the time of original
PPT creation. I played a lot with it many moons ago (right/left vs.
left/right language settings) and don't remember any way to change the
original PPT file setting.

I seem to recall the work around was to create a new blank presentation
(with the correct language settings in place), then import the slides from
the reversed one.

MisterEd, could you post back with your results? I would like to make sure
my memory still serves.


--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
.
.

Try going to Tools/Language and changing the language to US English (or
whatever).

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I received a ppt. slide show created on a laptop
purchased in Kuwait by a serviceman. The slide sorter
numbers run from right to left and the arrow keys work in
reverse on this slide show. Can it be changed to work
left to right and re-saved in a new file? The slides read
properly but the direction is reversed.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Yours is always better than mine, I only remember this one because I banged
my head against the monitor several times on this one.

Bill D.

Heh, obviously my memory isn't serving anything -- either good or bad --
today, though, since I recall none of this. (LOL at myself!) I was just
trying the most obvious thing (or what would *seem* to be the most obvious
thing, anyway) and hoping that MisterEd would post back one way or the
other. <g>

Echo

If I remember from before, when this came up ages ago, changing the current
user language settings does not affect the saved presentation slide order.
PowerPoint uses the language setting to determine the direction, sure, but
it embeds those setting in the originally created PPT file and it weird
about changing it. Therefore, the direction is set at the time of original
PPT creation. I played a lot with it many moons ago (right/left vs.
left/right language settings) and don't remember any way to change the
original PPT file setting.

I seem to recall the work around was to create a new blank presentation
(with the correct language settings in place), then import the slides from
the reversed one.

MisterEd, could you post back with your results? I would like to make sure
my memory still serves.


--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
.
.

Try going to Tools/Language and changing the language to US English (or
whatever).

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I received a ppt. slide show created on a laptop
purchased in Kuwait by a serviceman. The slide sorter
numbers run from right to left and the arrow keys work in
reverse on this slide show. Can it be changed to work
left to right and re-saved in a new file? The slides read
properly but the direction is reversed.

 

[Echo S]

Well, then, I think I must have just banged my head against more things than
you have. ;-) You're definitely right in that those are the ones we really
remember.

Echo

Yours is always better than mine, I only remember this one because I banged
my head against the monitor several times on this one.

Bill D.

Heh, obviously my memory isn't serving anything -- either good or bad --
today, though, since I recall none of this. (LOL at myself!) I was just
trying the most obvious thing (or what would *seem* to be the most obvious
thing, anyway) and hoping that MisterEd would post back one way or the
other. <g>

Echo

If I remember from before, when this came up ages ago, changing the current
user language settings does not affect the saved presentation slide order.
PowerPoint uses the language setting to determine the direction, sure, but
it embeds those setting in the originally created PPT file and it weird
about changing it. Therefore, the direction is set at the time of original
PPT creation. I played a lot with it many moons ago (right/left vs.
left/right language settings) and don't remember any way to change the
original PPT file setting.

I seem to recall the work around was to create a new blank presentation
(with the correct language settings in place), then import the slides from
the reversed one.

MisterEd, could you post back with your results? I would like to make sure
my memory still serves.


--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
.
.

Try going to Tools/Language and changing the language to US English (or
whatever).

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I received a ppt. slide show created on a laptop
purchased in Kuwait by a serviceman. The slide sorter
numbers run from right to left and the arrow keys work in
reverse on this slide show. Can it be changed to work
left to right and re-saved in a new file? The slides read
properly but the direction is reversed.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]
[TOP ISSUE - Are you having difficulty opening presentations in PPT 2003
that you just created in PPT 2003? -
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=329820]

Hello MisterED,

You can change the "View Direction" of a presentation using the following
commands:

1) View -> View Direction -> Left-to-Right OR
2) View -> View Direction -> Right-to-Left

These commands are only available if you have enabled one ore more
Right-to-Left languages for Office. This can be accomplished for Office
2003 as follows:

1) Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Office -> Microsoft Office Tools ->
Microsoft Office 2003 Language Setting
2) In the "Enabled Languages" tab, add a Right-To-Left (RTL) language, such
as Arabic, to the list of "Enabled Languages", then
3) Click "OK"

The next time you launch PowerPoint, the View Direction commands will be
available.

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
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[Bill Dilworth]

Hi John, couple of questions.

This a new feature in 2003, right? So, this solution only works if they are
running PP 2003. In 2003, does it completely save those changes back to the
PPT file (so a subsequent file opening by a 2000 user does not get it L/R),
does it save a 2003 key in the PPT file (so only subsequent 2003 users don't
get L/R), or does it just convert the playback on the local machine (and all
subsequent users get L/R on playback until they select the change direction
option)?


Bill D.