not all formatting retained upon moving frames

[Steve]

I am running ppt2007 on my PC. I am assembling a presentation out of
several, all of which were built with ppt2003. I am using "compatability
mode" to save the final file. One of the presentations I am "bringing in"
does not use it's master at all - just lots of text boxes and other elements
thrown on the screen. All the text in this file uses the font arial narrow.
I find that when I drag the frames into my main presentation, the text all
becomes arial! I did choose "keep source formatting", and it does, with the
exception of switching all the text from arial narrow to arial. How? Why?
Arial narrow is installed on my PC. When I drag slides the other way, from
the main presentation into the "odd" one, and retain the source formatting,
the moved frames look fine.

 

[Echo S]

If you reapply the blank slide layout, does it all go back to Arial Narrow?

 

[Steve]

Well, I confess I am too new to 2007 to know how to reapply the master. All
the slides are currently on the "title and bulleted text" master, not the
blank slide layout. Just hitting "reset slide" on one slide got me nowhere.

If you reapply the blank slide layout, does it all go back to Arial
Narrow?

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I am running ppt2007 on my PC. I am assembling a presentation out of
several, all of which were built with ppt2003. I am using "compatability
mode" to save the final file. One of the presentations I am "bringing in"
does not use it's master at all - just lots of text boxes and other
elements thrown on the screen. All the text in this file uses the font
arial narrow. I find that when I drag the frames into my main
presentation, the text all becomes arial! I did choose "keep source
formatting", and it does, with the exception of switching all the text
from arial narrow to arial. How? Why? Arial narrow is installed on my
PC. When I drag slides the other way, from the main presentation into the
"odd" one, and retain the source formatting, the moved frames look fine.

 

[Echo S]

"Reset" on the Home tab is the equivalent of "reapply slide layout."

I thought you were using the blank slide layout because you said you weren't
using a master -- "just lots of text boxes and other elements thrown on the
screen." But all slides use a master, even if it's just a "blank" one (which
is usually the default in PPT 2003).

Anyway, based on your description, I don't know why your text is changing.
Do you have a printer driver installed (locally, not just available on a
network) and set as the default printer? If not, try that.

How to install a local printer driver
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well, I confess I am too new to 2007 to know how to reapply the master.
All the slides are currently on the "title and bulleted text" master, not
the blank slide layout. Just hitting "reset slide" on one slide got me
nowhere.

If you reapply the blank slide layout, does it all go back to Arial
Narrow?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I am running ppt2007 on my PC. I am assembling a presentation out of
several, all of which were built with ppt2003. I am using "compatability
mode" to save the final file. One of the presentations I am "bringing
in" does not use it's master at all - just lots of text boxes and other
elements thrown on the screen. All the text in this file uses the font
arial narrow. I find that when I drag the frames into my main
presentation, the text all becomes arial! I did choose "keep source
formatting", and it does, with the exception of switching all the text
from arial narrow to arial. How? Why? Arial narrow is installed on my
PC. When I drag slides the other way, from the main presentation into
the "odd" one, and retain the source formatting, the moved frames look
fine.