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PPT98: Colors and Shaded Fills Dither in PowerPoint

Article ID: 188931

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002

Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q188931

SYMPTOMS

When working in Slide View, you may notice colors dithering (breaking down into pixels or bands of color) when you fill an object with a solid or shaded fill.

This problem occurs when the color depth of your display settings is 256 colors or less.

CAUSE

The colors are dithered in Slide View to allow for faster screen redraw. When you view the slide show and your display is running at 256 colors, the colors and gradients do not dither.

RESOLUTION

To see shaded fills smoothed, start the on-screen slide show.

If your display adapter supports color depths greater than 256 colors, you can increase your display color setting to prevent colors from dithering in Slide View.

To change the color depth, use the Monitors control panel or the Monitors & Sound control panel.

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