Microsoft KB Archive/123866

Numeric Keypad “/” Key Does Not Work in PowerPoint 4.0

PSS ID Number: Q123866 Article last modified on 05-17-1998

windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c; macintosh:4.0

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, version 4.0 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you press the forward slash key (/) on the numeric keypad while you are in Slides View, nothing will happen. You may or may not hear a beep when you press this key.

This key works correctly in PowerPoint 3.0.

Pressing the forward slash key in Outline View toggles the font formatting of the enitre outline, from a single font size and style to the font styles originally assigned to each line.

Pressing the forward slash key in Slide Sorter View toggles the slide thumbnails between full color and titles only.

NOTE: Using SHIFT+/ (on the numeric keypad) in PowerPoint 4.0 works as expected.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been corrected in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, and Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.

= WORKAROUND =

To type this character in PowerPoint 4.0, use the forward slash on the main keyboard (the key that shares the question mark key).

Additional query words: 4.00 4.00a 4.00c “/” number keypad backslash w_ppt ppt4 wppt4 m_ppt mppt4 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage kbbuglist Version : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c; macintosh:4.0 Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.