PPT2002: Change in View Direction Does Not Show When You Compare and Merge Presentations (285444)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q285444

SYMPTOMS

When you compare and merge presentations, if a presentation has had its view direction changed, this change is not noted as a revision in the merged presentation. For example, if the view direction was left-to-right and it was changed to right-to-left, this change does not show up when you compare and merge presentations.

If the only change made to a presentation is the change in view direction, you receive the following message:

User made no changes to this presentation.

NOTE: This article discusses complex scripts functionality. Complex scripts functionality is available when you use the Office Language Settings tool to enable a language, such as Arabic or Hebrew, that requires this functionality. For more information about multilingual features, click Microsoft <I BRACKET="YES">your Office product</I> Help on the Help menu, type multilingual features in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics that are returned.

CAUSE

Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 does not track changes in view direction for use with the Compare and Merge Presentations feature. A change in view direction is not considered to be a content change in the presentation.

MORE INFORMATION

The Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left view directions appear on the View menu in PowerPoint 2002 when you select either of the following languages in Microsoft Office XP Language Settings:

Arabic
Hebrew

To view the language settings, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office XP Language Settings.
  2. In the Microsoft Office Language Settings dialog box, click the Enabled Languages tab.

    The languages in use are listed under Enabled languages.
For more information about changes that are tracked in PowerPoint, click Microsoft PowerPoint Help on the Help menu, type track changes in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.

For more information about changes in view direction, click Microsoft PowerPoint Help on the Help menu, type right-to-left presentation in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB285444
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