PPT98: Format Painter Lost Trying To Apply Text Style to Shape (188610)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q188610

SYMPTOMS

If you select some text, click the Format Painter tool and then click a drawing object that has no text, your pointer changes to a Move pointer (four-headed arrow). This behavior is different from PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, which displays a paintbrush pointer until you click an object that contains text or until you click an unoccupied part of your slide.

CAUSE

This behavior is a design change in the enhanced drawing abilities in PowerPoint 98.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2002
Keywords:kbdraw kbinfo KB188610
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