Microsoft KB Archive/121640

PPT4: Tab Button Is Solid Black; No Tab Indicator Visible

PSS ID Number: Q121640 Article last modified on 07-09-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0,98

MACINTOSH

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

In PowerPoint for the Macintosh, the Tab button (located left of the horizontal ruler) will be solid black if your monitor is set for four colors or for black and white.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= WORKAROUND =

To reset the monitor so that the tab indicator is visible, follow these steps:


 * 1) From the Apple menu, choose Control Panels.
 * 2) Open the Monitors or Monitors and Sounds (System 8.x) control panel.
 * 3) Under “Characteristics of selected monitor,” select any option except “Black & White” or “4”.
 * 4) Close the Monitors control panel.

After following these steps, the tab indicator should be visible on the tab button.

= MORE INFORMATION =

Normally the tab button will have a black tab indicator, which indicates whether the tab is center aligned, left aligned, right aligned, or decimal aligned. When the monitor is set for four colors or fewer, this indicator is no longer visible, although it will still cycle through all of the tab types as you click on it.

= Additional query words: 4.00 power point powerpt mac ppt toolbar tool =

Keywords : kbdisplay kbbuglist Version : MACINTOSH:4.0,98 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbnofix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.