Microsoft KB Archive/188455

= PPT98: Text Box Alignment Lost When Saved as PowerPoint 4.0 File =

Article ID: 188455

Article Last Modified on 10/3/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q188455





SYMPTOMS
If you create a text box in Microsoft PowerPoint and set different alignment attributes to the paragraphs in the text box, the text box may shift to a new position and the paragraph alignment may be incorrect after you save the file in PowerPoint 4.0 format.

The problem can be seen when you open the file in Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.



RESOLUTION
Use a text placeholder instead of a text box. When you apply different alignment attributes in a text placeholder, the correct alignment will be retained when you save your file in PowerPoint 4.0 format.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Following are two examples of how the text box and paragraph alignment change when you save the a PowerPoint 98 file as a PowerPoint 4.0 file:

Example 1
If you have four paragraphs in a text box, where paragraphs one and three are centered and paragraphs two and four are left-aligned, the text box shifts to the right and all four paragraphs are formatted with left alignment.

Example 2
If you have four paragraphs in a text box, where paragraphs two and three are left-aligned, and paragraphs one and four are center-aligned, the text box does not shift, but all of the text is center-aligned.

Additional query words: 8.0 shift move align alignment justify justification text mac_ppt macppt mac ppt98

Keywords: kbconversion kbprb KB188455

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