Q169804: PPT7: Text Box Alignment Lost When Saved as PowerPoint 4.0 File

Article: Q169804
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 16-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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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
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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
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION
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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.


Additional query words: 95 7.0 shift move align alignment justify justification text

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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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