PPT2002: Page Number Changes on Slide But Does Not Change in Review Flag (285447)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
This article was previously published under Q285447

SYMPTOMS

When a presentation is reviewed by at least one other person, the review commentary in the reviewer's banner may not reflect the final content of the slide.

For example, if a reviewer of a presentation inserts a slide number into a specific slide, and the order of the slide is subsequently changed in the presentation, the slide number changes, but the commentary in the reviewer's banner does not change.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur because the commentary in the reviewer's comments banner reflects the actual change that the reviewer made. If a change is made to a slide after the reviewer's changes have been merged with the presentation, the subsequent change does not appear in that reviewer's banner.

MORE INFORMATION

Example of the Behavior

This behavior is demonstrated in the following example:
  1. Start PowerPoint and create a new presentation.
  2. On the Insert menu, click New Slide.
  3. Repeat step 2 to create a three-slide presentation.
  4. On the File menu, click Save.
  5. In the File name box, type Base, and then click Save.
  6. On the File menu, click Save As.
  7. In the Save as type box, select Presentation for Review.
  8. In the File name box, type Revision, and then click Save.
  9. Close all open PowerPoint files.
  10. On the File menu, click Open.
  11. Browse to Revision.ppt and then click Open.
  12. Go to slide 2.
  13. Place the insertion point inside the title placeholder.
  14. On the Insert menu, click Slide Number.
  15. Save and then close the file.
  16. On the File menu, click Open.
  17. Browse to Base.ppt, and then click Open.
  18. On the Tools menu, click Compare and Merge Presentations.
  19. Browse to Revision.ppt and then click Merge.
  20. Select slide 2.
  21. Click the flag next to the title placeholder, and then accept the change.
  22. Drag the slide 2 thumbnail to the end of the presentation.

    Note that the page number in the title place holder has changed to "3".
  23. Click the reviewer flag next to the title banner of slide 3.

    Note that the banner that appears says Inserted "2", even though the slide is now number 3.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:9/27/2006
Keywords:kbprb KB285447
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