PPT: Text Box Alignment Lost When Saved as PowerPoint 4.0 File (169804)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q169804 SYMPTOMS
If you create a text box in Microsoft PowerPoint and set different
alignment attributes to the paragraphs in the text box, the text box
may shift to a new position and the paragraph alignment may be incorrect
after you save the file in PowerPoint 4.0 format.
RESOLUTION
Use a text placeholder instead of a text box. When you apply different
alignment attributes in a text placeholder, the correct alignment is
retained when you save your file in PowerPoint 4.0 format.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Following are two examples of how the text box and paragraph alignment
change when you save a PowerPoint 7.0 file as a PowerPoint 4.0 file:
Example 1
If you have four paragraphs in a text box, where paragraphs one and three
are centered and paragraphs two and four are left-aligned, the text box
shifts to the right and all four paragraphs are formatted with left
alignment.
Example 2
If you have four paragraphs in a text box, where paragraphs two and three
are left-aligned, and paragraphs one and four are center-aligned, the text
box does not shift, but all of the text is center-aligned.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/17/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb kbusage KB169804 |
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