PowerPoint 2007 slide copy from one presentation to another

[Guest]

I have a problem copying slides and keeping ALL of the text box formatting.
Most of the formatting stays, such as font, font size, and font color. All
text boxes are center-aligned. But when I copy a slide from one presentation
to another, the text boxes always change to right-aligned and I have to
manually change them back to center-aligned. SUPER ANNOYING! And yes, I use
the "Keep Source Formatting" option after pasting. I've even used the Paste
Special option but all text boxes are always right-aligned after copying.

This only happens when I copy a slide from a secondary presentation to my
primary. And it doesn't matter if my presentations are 2007, 97-2003, or any
combination of those two formats.

I've even uninstalled and reinstalled Office but there's no change. I
didn't have this issue until about a month ago when my computer got screwed
up and I had to reformat and reinstall Windows (and btw, I'm using Windows
XP). I have all the updates for Office and Windows.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Has anyone else even had this
problem?

 

[Guest]

Try changing the print driver:
http://pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a problem copying slides and keeping ALL of the text box formatting.
Most of the formatting stays, such as font, font size, and font color. All
text boxes are center-aligned. But when I copy a slide from one presentation
to another, the text boxes always change to right-aligned

I've just tried to reproduce this w/o luck. I'm copying a slide by selecting it
in sorter view then switching to the other presentation and pasting. Is that
how you're doing it?



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[Guest]

I've just tried to reproduce this w/o luck. I'm copying a slide by selecting it
in sorter view then switching to the other presentation and pasting. Is that
how you're doing it?

Yes. However I think some of my older PowerPoint presentations are the
culprits. I have quite a collection and I just tried copying/pasting from
different presentations and not all of them have this problem. I'd say it's
about 50/50.

I did try installing a print driver but unfortunately it didn't help.
Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Yes. However I think some of my older PowerPoint presentations are the
culprits. I have quite a collection and I just tried copying/pasting from
different presentations and not all of them have this problem. I'd say it's
about 50/50.

I did try installing a print driver but unfortunately it didn't help.
Thanks for your suggestions.

If the problem's limited to just some presentations, try "round-tripping" them to see
if that cleans out whatever's causing the problem.

HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm

 

[Brian Weigand]

Still no go. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm getting ready to move to
Vista (enough of this ancient XP) so maybe that will rid me of this weird
problem.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Still no go. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm getting ready to move to
Vista (enough of this ancient XP) so maybe that will rid me of this weird
problem.

Maybe so, but if I were a bettin' man, I'd bet otherwise.

Is there any chance that this presentation's been worked on by someone using a Hebrew,
Arabic or other Right-To-Left language system?

 

[Brian Weigand]

Haven't gone to Vista quite yet, but I did just installed Office 2007 service
pack 1 and that fixed my problem. So it was definitely an issue with
PowerPoint 2007.

Thanks for your suggestions though. I learned about "roundtripping," and
that was something I'd never heard of before!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Haven't gone to Vista quite yet, but I did just installed Office 2007 service
pack 1 and that fixed my problem. So it was definitely an issue with
PowerPoint 2007.

Glad that fixed it and glad that you let us know. Thanks!