textboxes changing

[Guest]

A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a Lotus Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files, the font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the original files on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly. He said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when sending files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is that it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally messed up the
original files.

 

[Echo S]

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To do that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace Fonts. Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem is that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing the font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I doubt it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

 

[Guest]

Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being used. It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only textboxes on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that the textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To do that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace Fonts. Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem is that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing the font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I doubt it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a Lotus Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files, the font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the original files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly. He said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when sending files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is that it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally messed up
the
original files.

 

[Echo S]

Hm. Thanks for checking the fonts. It's good to know there are none missing.

I just noticed you said this earlier:

If you're missing stuff in the file, I'd be inclined to think you need to
apply the latest service pack to Office 2003. Open PPT and go to Help|Check
for Updates to apply SP2 for Office 2003.

If you were experiencing problems with the master, it would be an issue with
the text placeholders on the slides (where it says "click to add text" or
"click to add title"), not with regular "manual" textboxes. What usually
happens is you change the size of the text in the text placeholder, then
after saving, the size indicated on the slide master text placeholder gets
"reapplied." So your text jumps to whatever size the slide master specifies.
As an experiment, you can try duplicating the slide master, dragging it to
the first place in the list of masters, and changing the font size to
whatever you want it to be on the problem slides, then apply that master to
the problem slides. This probably won't help if the problem is indeed with
regular "manual" textboxes, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being used. It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only textboxes on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that the
textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To do
that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace Fonts.
Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem is
that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing the
font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I doubt
it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a Lotus
Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files, the
font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the original
files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly. He
said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when sending
files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is that
it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally messed up
the
original files.

 

[Guest]

I was able to go into the Master and make changes (change font, color and
location of title placeholder) and apply to all the slides to fix them. We
do have Office 2003 with SP1. Our company does not permit going out the web
site and downloading latest security patches. "They will do this as deemed
necessary". I was able to fix it but any idea what would have caused this
change to try to prevent it from happening again? Also, some of the textboxes
were actually deleted so they needed to be totally recreated.

Hm. Thanks for checking the fonts. It's good to know there are none missing.

I just noticed you said this earlier:

If you're missing stuff in the file, I'd be inclined to think you need to
apply the latest service pack to Office 2003. Open PPT and go to Help|Check
for Updates to apply SP2 for Office 2003.

If you were experiencing problems with the master, it would be an issue with
the text placeholders on the slides (where it says "click to add text" or
"click to add title"), not with regular "manual" textboxes. What usually
happens is you change the size of the text in the text placeholder, then
after saving, the size indicated on the slide master text placeholder gets
"reapplied." So your text jumps to whatever size the slide master specifies.
As an experiment, you can try duplicating the slide master, dragging it to
the first place in the list of masters, and changing the font size to
whatever you want it to be on the problem slides, then apply that master to
the problem slides. This probably won't help if the problem is indeed with
regular "manual" textboxes, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being used. It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only textboxes on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that the
textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To do
that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace Fonts.
Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem is
that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing the
font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I doubt
it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a Lotus
Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files, the
font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the original
files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly. He
said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when sending
files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is that
it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally messed up
the
original files.

 

[Guest]

Echo,

I just spoke to another person in our company that has also had the font
size change when sending files via the LN dropbox. This client has
Win2K/Office 2K. He said he has had this happen a couple of times to him. He
typically uses either Arial or TNR.

I was able to go into the Master and make changes (change font, color and
location of title placeholder) and apply to all the slides to fix them. We
do have Office 2003 with SP1. Our company does not permit going out the web
site and downloading latest security patches. "They will do this as deemed
necessary". I was able to fix it but any idea what would have caused this
change to try to prevent it from happening again? Also, some of the textboxes
were actually deleted so they needed to be totally recreated.

Hm. Thanks for checking the fonts. It's good to know there are none missing.

I just noticed you said this earlier:

my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly.

If you're missing stuff in the file, I'd be inclined to think you need to
apply the latest service pack to Office 2003. Open PPT and go to Help|Check
for Updates to apply SP2 for Office 2003.

If you were experiencing problems with the master, it would be an issue with
the text placeholders on the slides (where it says "click to add text" or
"click to add title"), not with regular "manual" textboxes. What usually
happens is you change the size of the text in the text placeholder, then
after saving, the size indicated on the slide master text placeholder gets
"reapplied." So your text jumps to whatever size the slide master specifies.
As an experiment, you can try duplicating the slide master, dragging it to
the first place in the list of masters, and changing the font size to
whatever you want it to be on the problem slides, then apply that master to
the problem slides. This probably won't help if the problem is indeed with
regular "manual" textboxes, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being used. It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only textboxes on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that the
textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

:

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To do
that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace Fonts.
Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem is
that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing the
font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I doubt
it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a Lotus
Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files, the
font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the original
files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly. He
said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when sending
files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is that
it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally messed up
the
original files.

 

[Echo S]

Wow, maybe it is the LN dropbox, then. You mentioned in the first post that
the original file had the font grow problem on the original machine, which
leads me to believe that LN dropbox is a red herring. But I totally admit I
could be wrong and the LN dropbox may be an issue. If it is, I suspect the
LN people are aware of it -- have you checked with their support services?

The master thing you're seeing in 2003 is a bug with the multiple masters.
Text growing in PPT 2000 is caused by a different bug, and I believe it was
supposed to have been fixed with SR1/1a for Office 2000 (I *think*). Ah,
yeah, that seems to be it --
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q243657 You know,
reading this kb article, though...well, it seems it may be a bug in the PPT
2000 masters as well.

Here's the MS explanation of the problem in 2003.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ans+master+font&rnum=1&hl=en#5ff293b4047e0c8d

As mentioned in the first KB, you can use the blank slide layout as a
workaround. Or, my preferred method is to copy the title and textbox --
which makes them no longer placeholders, which means they aren't tied to the
masters, which means the font size shouldn't grow -- and delete the original
placeholders.

I would be concerned about the deleted textboxes. I've never seen anything
like this. SP1 for Office 2003 should resolve most of the "missing items"
issues many users see with plain ol' PPT 2003 straight out of the box with
no service packs. If you at least have SP1, you shouldn't be seeing any
missing items. I've no idea what to say about that -- except maybe you're
onto something with the LN dropbox!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

Echo,

I just spoke to another person in our company that has also had the font
size change when sending files via the LN dropbox. This client has
Win2K/Office 2K. He said he has had this happen a couple of times to him.
He
typically uses either Arial or TNR.

I was able to go into the Master and make changes (change font, color and
location of title placeholder) and apply to all the slides to fix them.
We
do have Office 2003 with SP1. Our company does not permit going out the
web
site and downloading latest security patches. "They will do this as
deemed
necessary". I was able to fix it but any idea what would have caused
this
change to try to prevent it from happening again? Also, some of the
textboxes
were actually deleted so they needed to be totally recreated.

Hm. Thanks for checking the fonts. It's good to know there are none
missing.

I just noticed you said this earlier:

my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly.

If you're missing stuff in the file, I'd be inclined to think you need
to
apply the latest service pack to Office 2003. Open PPT and go to
Help|Check
for Updates to apply SP2 for Office 2003.

If you were experiencing problems with the master, it would be an issue
with
the text placeholders on the slides (where it says "click to add text"
or
"click to add title"), not with regular "manual" textboxes. What
usually
happens is you change the size of the text in the text placeholder,
then
after saving, the size indicated on the slide master text placeholder
gets
"reapplied." So your text jumps to whatever size the slide master
specifies.
As an experiment, you can try duplicating the slide master, dragging it
to
the first place in the list of masters, and changing the font size to
whatever you want it to be on the problem slides, then apply that
master to
the problem slides. This probably won't help if the problem is indeed
with
regular "manual" textboxes, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


message
Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The
fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs
had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being used.
It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only textboxes
on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that the
textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

:

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To
do
that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace
Fonts.
Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem
is
that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing
the
font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with
multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I
doubt
it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


message
A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a
Lotus
Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files,
the
font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the
original
files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly.
He
said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when
sending
files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is
that
it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally
messed up
the
original files.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Echo for all your help! I have posted the problem in the LN
discussion site to see if anyone has ever heard of this. So far, no
responses.

Wow, maybe it is the LN dropbox, then. You mentioned in the first post that
the original file had the font grow problem on the original machine, which
leads me to believe that LN dropbox is a red herring. But I totally admit I
could be wrong and the LN dropbox may be an issue. If it is, I suspect the
LN people are aware of it -- have you checked with their support services?

The master thing you're seeing in 2003 is a bug with the multiple masters.
Text growing in PPT 2000 is caused by a different bug, and I believe it was
supposed to have been fixed with SR1/1a for Office 2000 (I *think*). Ah,
yeah, that seems to be it --
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q243657 You know,
reading this kb article, though...well, it seems it may be a bug in the PPT
2000 masters as well.

Here's the MS explanation of the problem in 2003.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ans+master+font&rnum=1&hl=en#5ff293b4047e0c8d

As mentioned in the first KB, you can use the blank slide layout as a
workaround. Or, my preferred method is to copy the title and textbox --
which makes them no longer placeholders, which means they aren't tied to the
masters, which means the font size shouldn't grow -- and delete the original
placeholders.

I would be concerned about the deleted textboxes. I've never seen anything
like this. SP1 for Office 2003 should resolve most of the "missing items"
issues many users see with plain ol' PPT 2003 straight out of the box with
no service packs. If you at least have SP1, you shouldn't be seeing any
missing items. I've no idea what to say about that -- except maybe you're
onto something with the LN dropbox!

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

Echo,

I just spoke to another person in our company that has also had the font
size change when sending files via the LN dropbox. This client has
Win2K/Office 2K. He said he has had this happen a couple of times to him.
He
typically uses either Arial or TNR.

I was able to go into the Master and make changes (change font, color and
location of title placeholder) and apply to all the slides to fix them.
We
do have Office 2003 with SP1. Our company does not permit going out the
web
site and downloading latest security patches. "They will do this as
deemed
necessary". I was able to fix it but any idea what would have caused
this
change to try to prevent it from happening again? Also, some of the
textboxes
were actually deleted so they needed to be totally recreated.

:

Hm. Thanks for checking the fonts. It's good to know there are none
missing.

I just noticed you said this earlier:

my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly.

If you're missing stuff in the file, I'd be inclined to think you need
to
apply the latest service pack to Office 2003. Open PPT and go to
Help|Check
for Updates to apply SP2 for Office 2003.

If you were experiencing problems with the master, it would be an issue
with
the text placeholders on the slides (where it says "click to add text"
or
"click to add title"), not with regular "manual" textboxes. What
usually
happens is you change the size of the text in the text placeholder,
then
after saving, the size indicated on the slide master text placeholder
gets
"reapplied." So your text jumps to whatever size the slide master
specifies.
As an experiment, you can try duplicating the slide master, dragging it
to
the first place in the list of masters, and changing the font size to
whatever you want it to be on the problem slides, then apply that
master to
the problem slides. This probably won't help if the problem is indeed
with
regular "manual" textboxes, though.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


message
Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The
fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs
had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being used.
It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only textboxes
on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that the
textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

:

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font. To
do
that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace
Fonts.
Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the problem
is
that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is replacing
the
font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with
multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I
doubt
it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com


message
A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a
Lotus
Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the files,
the
font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the
original
files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged significantly.
He
said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when
sending
files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part is
that
it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally
messed up
the
original files.

 

[Echo S]

Keep us posted -- this seems really bizarre, so it's interesting.

You know, are you sure SP1 has been installed on PPT 2003? That particular
SP is very very important for PPT especially and so it would be a very good
idea for your IT staff to install it if it's not already. (I know where I
used to work the IT people would tell me SP1 was installed, but when we
checked in Help|About, we found that SP1 wasn't listed after PPT 2003 when
it should have been. And after we'd actually install it, the problems with
disappearing images and charts and other stuff all went away, go figure. ;-|
So you might double check.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com

Thank you Echo for all your help! I have posted the problem in the LN
discussion site to see if anyone has ever heard of this. So far, no
responses.

Wow, maybe it is the LN dropbox, then. You mentioned in the first post
that
the original file had the font grow problem on the original machine,
which
leads me to believe that LN dropbox is a red herring. But I totally admit
I
could be wrong and the LN dropbox may be an issue. If it is, I suspect
the
LN people are aware of it -- have you checked with their support
services?

The master thing you're seeing in 2003 is a bug with the multiple
masters.
Text growing in PPT 2000 is caused by a different bug, and I believe it
was
supposed to have been fixed with SR1/1a for Office 2000 (I *think*). Ah,
yeah, that seems to be it --
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q243657 You know,
reading this kb article, though...well, it seems it may be a bug in the
PPT
2000 masters as well.

Here's the MS explanation of the problem in 2003.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...ans+master+font&rnum=1&hl=en#5ff293b4047e0c8d

As mentioned in the first KB, you can use the blank slide layout as a
workaround. Or, my preferred method is to copy the title and textbox --
which makes them no longer placeholders, which means they aren't tied to
the
masters, which means the font size shouldn't grow -- and delete the
original
placeholders.

I would be concerned about the deleted textboxes. I've never seen
anything
like this. SP1 for Office 2003 should resolve most of the "missing items"
issues many users see with plain ol' PPT 2003 straight out of the box
with
no service packs. If you at least have SP1, you shouldn't be seeing any
missing items. I've no idea what to say about that -- except maybe you're
onto something with the LN dropbox!

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Echo,

I just spoke to another person in our company that has also had the
font
size change when sending files via the LN dropbox. This client has
Win2K/Office 2K. He said he has had this happen a couple of times to
him.
He
typically uses either Arial or TNR.

:

I was able to go into the Master and make changes (change font, color
and
location of title placeholder) and apply to all the slides to fix
them.
We
do have Office 2003 with SP1. Our company does not permit going out
the
web
site and downloading latest security patches. "They will do this as
deemed
necessary". I was able to fix it but any idea what would have
caused
this
change to try to prevent it from happening again? Also, some of the
textboxes
were actually deleted so they needed to be totally recreated.

:

Hm. Thanks for checking the fonts. It's good to know there are none
missing.

I just noticed you said this earlier:

my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes
were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged
significantly.

If you're missing stuff in the file, I'd be inclined to think you
need
to
apply the latest service pack to Office 2003. Open PPT and go to
Help|Check
for Updates to apply SP2 for Office 2003.

If you were experiencing problems with the master, it would be an
issue
with
the text placeholders on the slides (where it says "click to add
text"
or
"click to add title"), not with regular "manual" textboxes. What
usually
happens is you change the size of the text in the text placeholder,
then
after saving, the size indicated on the slide master text
placeholder
gets
"reapplied." So your text jumps to whatever size the slide master
specifies.
As an experiment, you can try duplicating the slide master, dragging
it
to
the first place in the list of masters, and changing the font size
to
whatever you want it to be on the problem slides, then apply that
master to
the problem slides. This probably won't help if the problem is
indeed
with
regular "manual" textboxes, though.

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Checked the fonts as you mentioned - none with question marks. The
fonts
listed are Arial, TNR, Verdana and a custom font which all the PCs
had
installed. Also looked at the master - only 1 master is being
used.
It
doesn't seem to be effecting the slide placeholders, only
textboxes
on
slides. There are also slides within the same presentation that
the
textboxes
were not effected - all using the same master and layout.

Thanks for any other suggestions. We are very confused.

:

First thing to check is to see if the files are missing a font.
To
do
that,
open one on one of the problem machines and go to Format|Replace
Fonts.
Do
you see a question mark beside any of the fonts? If so, the
problem
is
that
the font is not installed on all the computers, so PPT is
replacing
the
font
with another -- probably Times New Roman or Arial.

If that's not the problem, post back. It may be an issue with
multiple
masters. But missing font is the most likely issue. Either way, I
doubt
it
really has anything to do with the LN dropbox.

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A client was using WinXP/Office 2003. The presentations
contained
textboxes.
The presentations were looking great. He then sent them via a
Lotus
Notes
dropbox to some coworkers. When the coworkers received the
files,
the
font
for the textboxes had enlarged significantly. Also, all the
original
files
on
my client's C drive also had the same effect. The text boxes
were
either
deleted, changed position and/or the font enlarged
significantly.
He
said
that one of his coworkers also had a similar experience when
sending
files
via a Lotus Notes dropbox. Has anyone else heard of this? Is
there
anything
else that may have caused this to happen? The frustrating part
is
that
it
didn't only have an impact on the recipients, it also totally
messed up
the
original files.