PPT98: Outline Text Prints with Solid White Fill on PostScript (189358)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q189358

SYMPTOMS

When you print a PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition presentation, slides that contain text formatted to use the outline font format will not print as they appear on your screen. The text will print with a solid white fill rather than the background fill showing through.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you are printing to a PostScript printer, such as the Apple LaserWriter. The PostScript printing language does not have the ability to print text with transparent or clear fills.

RESOLUTION

To print the text with the outline effect, print to a non-PostScript printer.

MORE INFORMATION

The outline font format is not supported in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows. Any presentation created in a Macintosh version of PowerPoint and opened in a Windows version will lose the outline font formatting.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/3/2002
Keywords:kbFont kbprb KB189358
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