Microsoft KB Archive/248236

= PPT2000: New Tables Contain Arrow Formatting for All Lines =

Article ID: 248236

Article Last Modified on 11/30/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q248236



SYMPTOMS
When you create a new table in Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, all the lines in your table contain an arrow format. This problem may only occur in specific presentations, but does not occur in a new, blank presentation.



CAUSE
Within your presentation, the default Begin style and End style settings for the table lines AutoShape contain arrows.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem:
 * 1) Open your PowerPoint presentation.
 * 2) Insert a new blank slide. To do this, click New Slide on the Insert menu.
 * 3) On the Insert menu, click Table.
 * 4) Click OK to accept the default 2-by-2 table.
 * 5) Select the table, and on the Draw menu, click Ungroup. Click Yes when you are asked about converting the table to PowerPoint shapes.
 * 6) Select a line in the table.
 * 7) On the Format menu, click AutoShape.
 * 8) Under Arrows, change the Begin style and End style settings to any non-arrow format.
 * 9) Click to select (place a check mark in) the Default for new objects check box.
 * 10) Click OK.
 * 11) Remove this slide from you presentation.
 * 12) On the File menu, click Save.

Now when you create a new table in your presentation, it will not contain any arrow formatting.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kbtable kbprb KB248236

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