Microsoft KB Archive/140995

PPT4: Bullets Change in Slide Show

PSS ID Number: Q140995 Article last modified on 07-08-1998

MACINTOSH:4.0,98

MACINTOSH

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= SYMPTOM =

If you run your presentation on a computer that has only the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer installed, you may find your bullets or other symbols have changed.

= CAUSE =

This behavior occurs when the font you originally used for symbols or bullets is not available on the current computer. Many of the PowerPoint templates use Monotype Sorts for bullets. This font is supplied with PowerPoint but may not be present on a computer that doesn’t have PowerPoint installed.

= RESOLUTION =

PowerPoint for Macintosh does not support TrueType font embedding the way PowerPoint for Windows does. Therefore, to work around the problem, you must do one of the following:


 * Install the font on the other computer using PowerPoint Setup.
 * Copy the font out of the System:Fonts folder to the same folder on the other computer.
 * Use a font for the bullets other than Monotype Sorts–a normal text bullet, for example.

Additional query words: 4.00 m_powerpt powerpnt m_ppt4 ppt4 dingbats TrueType ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage kbdta kbviewer Version : MACINTOSH:4.0,98 Platform : MACINTOSH Hardware : MAC Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.