Editing PowerPoint Graphic Causes Text Size to Change
  
PSS ID Number: Q105086
Article last modified on 03-07-1997
 

 

 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.1
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SYMPTOMS
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The font size of text in a PowerPoint slide changes if you open the
slide in Word's Picture Editor.
 
CAUSE
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Word cannot correctly edit slides pasted from PowerPoint in its
Picture Editor if the slides contain text. The slides paste and print
correctly, but if you double-click a graphic to edit it in the Picture
Editor, the text changes size and may move in the graphic. In Word
5.0, the text becomes larger; in Word 5.1, the text becomes smaller.
The problem occurs when you paste from any PowerPoint view.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Word versions 5.0 and
5.1 for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post
new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes
available.
 
WORKAROUNDS
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 - Modify the slides in PowerPoint before pasting them into Word.
 
   -or-
 
 - If a slide requires editing outside of PowerPoint, copy it to a
   graphics program before pasting it into Word. If the graphics
   program can save a graphic as a PICT file, an alternative method to
   copying and pasting the graphic into Word is to insert the PICT
   graphic as a file into Word (from Word's Insert menu, choose
   Picture).
 
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