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PPT97: Format Painter Doesn't Copy Custom Background in Sorter

Article ID: 189644

Article Last Modified on 11/9/2000


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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 Windows, 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 ppt97 broken blank clear lost dropped winppt powerpnt

Keywords: kbprb kbusage KB189644