Text Box Formatting Inexplicably Reverts to Master's Style...

[Nolan Haims]

Every so often, I will make a formatting change to a text box that comes
from the master (i.e. Line spacing, shrink to fit, taking a bullet off a
bulleted list, etc.) and all will be fine until I reopen the document a day
later or send it to someone else, and my edited text has reverted to
whatever the master box's style (i.e. Bullets return, the text runs off the
page, etc.)

I don't really recall this happening in the past, but it's happening more
and more lately and is getting a bit embarrassing.

The solution, I guess, is to just create the text boxes from scratch on each
page, but it seems like a waste of energy.

And I'm not reapplying master styles actively anywhere when this happens--it
really is fine when I quit the file, but messed up when I reopen.

Anyone else encounter anything like this?

I'm on PPT 2003.

- Nolan

 

[Echo S]

It's a bug. Your workaround is the most reliable.

One way to create the textboxes is to go ahead and type the text in the
placeholder so you get the benefits of the automatic formatting, then select
the placeholder, press Ctrl, and drag to create a copy. Delete the original
(which is a placeholder and tied to the master) and keep the copy (which is
a "regular" textbox, not tied to the master).

 

[Nolan Haims]

Thanks!

Glad it's not just me...

- N