Q135740: PPT7: Format Painter Doesn’t Copy Custom Background in Sorter

Article: Q135740
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 15-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to use Format Painter in Slide Sorter view to format the slide
background of one slide to the format of another slide, nothing happens. This
does work in PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.


Additional query words: 7.00 ppt95 broken blank clear lost dropped macppt winppt powerpnt

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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