Microsoft KB Archive/191245

= PPT97: Equation Editor Objects Printed Incorrectly on Handouts =

Article ID: 191245

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191245





SYMPTOMS
When you print handout pages from a PowerPoint presentation that contains one or more equation objects from Microsoft Equation Editor or MathType, some lines and other objects in your equations are not printed correctly. This problem affects equations on the slides in the lower portion of the handouts pages, rather than the top portion.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you can convert the object from an Equation Editor or MathType object to a PowerPoint drawing object. To do this, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: If You Have One or a Few Objects
Copy the original Equation Editor or MathType object and ungroup it to convert it to a PowerPoint drawing objects. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Select the Equation Editor object.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 3) Drag the Equation Editor object off the slide.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click Paste.
 * 5) Select the object you just pasted, and click Ungroup on the Draw menu.
 * 6) On the Draw menu, click Group.
 * 7) Repeat these steps for each Equation Editor object in your presentation.

Method 2: If You Have Many Objects
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Sub Fix_Equations Dim sld As Slide Dim sha As Shape Dim sha2 As Shape Dim tmr, tmr2 As Date Dim i, cnt As Long

For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides ' Change to the next slide. ActiveWindow.View.Slide = sld

' Get the count. cnt = sld.Shapes.Count tmr = 0

For i = 1 To cnt

' Get the next shape. Set sha = sld.Shapes(i)

' Is the shape an OLE object (EQNEDIT)? If sha.Type = msoEmbeddedOLEObject Then

' Copy the shape. sha.Select sha.Copy

' Move the original off the slide. sha.IncrementLeft 700

' Paste the shape. sld.Shapes.Paste

' Wait for the shape to be copied...1 second tmr = Now Do Until Now > (tmr + 0.00001) Loop

' Ungroup. sld.Shapes(cnt + 1).Ungroup.Select

' Group. ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Group.Select End If     Next i   Next sld End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MathType is manufactured by Design Science, Incorporated, vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: ppt97 8.0 powerpnt powerpoint ppt shift changed move moved up down left right slide change changes different pull Core Equations 2.0

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB191245

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