Microsoft KB Archive/64739

Screen May Not Update with Black Shaded Background PSS ID Number: Q64739 Article last modified on 09-25-1991 PSS database name: W_PowerPt

2.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

When a slide has a vertical black fade, the area behind objects may not update correctly. This behavior is most noticeable when using a 256-color screen driver.

The following steps reproduce the problem:


 * 1) Open a new Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows slide with the default settings.
 * 2) From the Color menu, choose Color Scheme.
 * 3) Click Shade Background in the Color Scheme dialog box and select vertical fade number one. Click OK.
 * 4) Click Choose A Scheme in the Color Scheme dialog box and select a background color of BK, a foreground color of RD8, and accent set number one. Click OK.
 * 5) Select Apply To All Slides.
 * 6) Click the Apply button.
 * 7) Click the slide with the right mouse button to bring the slide window to the front.
 * 8) Move the title object with the right mouse button down.

The area behind the old title position isn’t updated correctly. A red square (the foreground color) is left on the slide.

If the title object is edited and F2 is pressed to graphically select it, all of the area that previously had an edit highlight is updated with the same red color that remains after you turn off the object.

If you use the right mouse button to move an object while editing the text in the object, the area previously occupied by the object will not be properly updated and will contain the same red color as the foreground.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint for Windows version 2.00. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.