KnowledgeBase Archive

An Archive of Early Microsoft KnowledgeBase Articles

View on GitHub

Q138252: PPT7: Presentation Contains Blank Boxes If Saved as 4.0

Article: Q138252
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbdta kbconversion
Last Modified: 16-APR-2000

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SYMPTOMS
========

After you save a PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 as a PowerPoint 3.0 or
4.0 presentation, two rectangles appear near the bottom of the slide. These
rectangles are located in approximately the same place as Headers and Footers in
the PowerPoint 7.0 version of the presentation.

These objects are visible only when you draw a selection box over them or when
you click Select All on the Edit menu.

CAUSE
=====

This behavior is a side effect of the translation process. If a slide contains a
header or footer in these positions, the object is a text box containing the
text of the header and footer.

RESOLUTION
==========

You can delete these objects safely. Their presence does not harm the
presentation and their absence has no effect on the integrity of the
presentation.

MORE INFORMATION
================

PowerPoint 7.0 automatically places a page number field on every page when page
numbers are being used. These fields are translated as text boxes when the
presentation is saved in an earlier version format. Again, it is safe to edit or
remove these as necessary after translation to a PowerPoint 4.0 or 3.0 file.


Additional query words: 3.00 4.00 4.00a 4.00c Blank Objects w_powerpt powerpnt power point text frame frames extra

======================================================================
Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta kbconversion 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.