PPT98: Text Box Alignment Lost When Saved as PowerPoint 4.0 File
Article ID: 188455
Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q188455
SYMPTOMS
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.
The problem can be seen when you open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint 98
Macintosh Edition.
RESOLUTION
Use a text placeholder instead of a text box. When you apply different
alignment attributes in a text placeholder, the correct alignment will
be retained when you save your file in PowerPoint 4.0 format.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
Following are two examples of how the text box and paragraph alignment
change when you save the a PowerPoint 98 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: 8.0 shift move align alignment justify justification text mac_ppt macppt mac ppt98
Keywords: kbconversion kbprb KB188455