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PPT98: Format Painter Doesn't Copy Custom Background in Sorter

Article ID: 188921

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002


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This article was previously published under Q188921

SYMPTOMS

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 the Macintosh, version 4.0.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: 8.00 broken blank clear lost dropped macppt winppt powerpnt ppt98

Keywords: kbformat kbprb KB188921