PPT98: Presentation Contains Blank Boxes if Saved as 4.0 File (188909)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q188909

SYMPTOMS

After you save a PowerPoint 98 presentation as a PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0 presentation, two rectangles are placed near the bottom of the slide. These rectangles are located in approximately the same place as Headers and Footers in a PowerPoint 98 presentation.

These objects are visible only when a selection box is drawn over them or when you click Select All on the Edit menu.

CAUSE

This behavior is a side effect of the translation process. If a slide contains a header or footer in these positions, the object is a text box containing the text of the header and footer.

RESOLUTION

You can delete these objects safely. Their presence does not harm the presentation and their absence has no effect on the integrity of the presentation.

MORE INFORMATION

PowerPoint 98 automatically places a page number field on every page when page numbers are being used. These fields are translated as text boxes when the presentation is saved in an earlier version format. Again, it is safe to edit or remove these as necessary after translation to PowerPoint 4.0 or 3.0 format.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2002
Keywords:kbconversion kbinterop kbprb KB188909
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