Microsoft KB Archive/131196

PowerPoint 4.x: No Character Map Icon in Tools Well

PSS ID Number: Q131196 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you try to customize and add either the Character Map button or the Calculator button to a toolbar, you may not find them in the Buttons box of the Customize Toolbars dialog box.

= CAUSE =

This problem is caused by a limitation in PowerPoint for Windows that allows the Character Map and Calculator buttons to be seen in the Customize Toolbars dialog box only in certain video resolutions.

= RESOLUTION =

The Character Map and Calculator buttons are viewable and available only while running the following video driver resolutions:

640 x 480 x 256 colors 800 x 600 x 256, Small Fonts 1024 x 768 x 256, Small Fonts

Change your video resolution to one of these using Windows Setup, and the Character Map and Calculator buttons will become viewable and available. The buttons will have their normal appearance when on the toolbar.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If your video driver is running in either “800 x 600 x 256, Large Fonts” or “1024 x 768 x 256, Large Fonts” resolution, the buttons will not be viewable, but they are available. When you click the spot where the button “would be” in the Customize Toolbars dialog box, you will receive a description of the button’s function, and you will be able to drag the button up to the toolbar. The button locations are the leftmost and second- leftmost places beneath the bottom row of buttons that you can see.

Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c icon customizable drag drop hidden, covered ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage Version : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.