Microsoft KB Archive/68002

Color Scheme Dialog Box Is Clipped by Window Boundaries PSS ID Number: Q68002 Article last modified on 10-29-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

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WINDOWS

Summary:

If the PowerPoint for Windows application workspace is sufficiently small, the Color Scheme dialog box may be clipped by the edges of the workspace window.

This is a function of the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) for Windows applications. Modeless dialog boxes allow you access to the application’s menu bar, and other documents opened by the application, without making you close the dialog box first. This generally allows a function or command to be applied to a number of different documents or files.

Modeless dialog boxes must be contained within the application workspace because they are treated as another open window within the application. Modal dialog boxes are not constrained by the application workspace. PowerPoint for Windows has three modeless dialog boxes: the Color Scheme dialog box, the Spelling dialog box, and the Find/Change dialog box. Whenever these dialog boxes are open in PowerPoint, they will appear in the listing under the Window menu. This allows you to switch from presentation to presentation and still be able to access the same Color Scheme, Spelling, or Find/Change dialog box you opened from within another presentation.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.