PPT 2003 - Word table - Border problem

[Guest]

Good day,

I created a large table in Word 2003 that I "pasted special" in a PPT
presentation. Although the table borders were all the same in Word, there
are small differences in the PPT presentation. I tried resizing the object
to no avail.

However, when I print the presentation, all borders show up correctly.

Any suggestion? Could it be that this table was originally created directly
in PPT, then copied to Word, then pasted back to PPT?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Helene

 

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

Helen,
Chances are that you have the zoom set to more or less than 100%. Look
at the table in ScreenShow. Is it correct there? In edit view, make
sure the picture is sized at 100% of it's original size.

Brian Reilly, MVP

 

[Guest]

Hi Brian,

Thanks for responding so fast! The zoom is okay, the picture is sized at
100% and the SlideShow shows that the odd border is ticker.

Anything else I should checked? I should also mention that I have deleted
the borders, reapplied them as a whole, etc.

Thanks!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Good day,

I created a large table in Word 2003 that I "pasted special" in a PPT
presentation. Although the table borders were all the same in Word, there
are small differences in the PPT presentation. I tried resizing the object
to no avail.

However, when I print the presentation, all borders show up correctly.

Any suggestion? Could it be that this table was originally created directly
in PPT, then copied to Word, then pasted back to PPT?

When copy/paste into PPT from Word, PPT displays a WMF picture of the chart,
not the chart itself and doesn't always display it as intelligently as it would
one of its own tables or as Word would one of its own.

Typical symptom: line thicknesses get rounded off to smaller or larger values,
which might well account for what you're seeing.

If the problem only appears in edit view and not in slide show or print, I'd
ignore it.

If it's a serious problem, you could ungroup the pasted table then regroup.
That'll turn it into PPT drawing shapes, which PPT will display more
intelligently.

 

[Guest]

Steve,

Thank you. Yep, ungrouping did the trick!

Regards,

Helene

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Steve,

Thank you. Yep, ungrouping did the trick!

Good news ... thanks for getting back with that.