PPT2000: Text May Increase in Size When File Is Saved and Reopened

ID: Q243657

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, the text in the presentation may be larger than it was when you saved it. It may become so large that it no longer fits on the slide, and may run off the bottom or side of the slide.

If you resize the text and save your presentation, the problem still occurs when you open the presentation again.


WORKAROUND

Use one of the following methods to work around this problem.

Method 1

Check the slide master to see whether or not there are text placeholders:
  1. On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.


  2. On the Format menu, click Master Layout.


  3. Make sure that the Text check box is selected in the Master Layout dialog box.

    NOTE: Placeholders that are already in place appear shaded and are unavailable.


Method 2

Apply the blank slide layout to the affected slide:
  1. Go to the affected slide in normal view.


  2. On the Format menu, click Slide Layout.


  3. Click Blank (the blank slide icon), and then click Apply.


When you do this, the slide layout may change slightly and the text may change size. The objects should be repositioned and reformatted properly. After you apply the blank slide layout, the text should no longer grow larger when you open the file.


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: ppt ppt2k 2k ppt9 9.0 ppt2000 2000 powerpnt powerpoint increasing larger growing change blow up expand

Keywords : kbdta kbformat
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug


Last Reviewed: November 18, 1999
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