Re: Powerpoint loses font settings

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Hi,

At home I was not able to reproduce the problem on an Intel iMac.

Did trashing the plist files help?

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP


Quoting from "Jim Gordon MVP" <goldkey74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in article
C1CD0500.DC4B%goldkey74@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, on [DATE:

Hi Scott,

I have an Intel iMac at home and will see what happens on that machine when
I get home from MacWorld.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP


Quoting from "scotth" <scotth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in article
2A0B48DA-4153-48B9-82C2-DEA5CFF0C62A@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, on [DATE:

I tried removing the plist files but the same problem occurs.

You may have found a root symptom, though. I'm using a new (1 month or so)
MacBook Pro, so it's an Intel duo machine. Specifically, a 2.33 GHz Intel
Core 2 Duo. I am also running OS X 10.4.8.

I have also looked into potential FontBook problems. I.e. making sure the
fonts I choose are in both the user and Computer font list, or in just one or
the other. None of these solves the problem.

I'm reallying thinking this is an Intel-based processor issue. I worked with
an earlier MacBook Pro (the previous model that could only have 2 Gb memory)
and I had the same problem.

Thanks!
-- Scott

"Jim Gordon MVP" wrote:

Hi Scott,

I was not able to reproduce the problem you described. I am using Tiger
10.4.8 on a G4 PowerBook at the moment. Are you using an Intel Mac?

It seems that yours is the only posting regarding this problem so far. If it
were a problem in general there would have been a flood of postings. I
wonder if you trash the PowerPoint preferences whether it would fix the
problem for you.

With PowerPoint closed, go to the User > Library > Preferences folder and
trash these files if they are present:
com.microsoft.PowerPoint.prefs.plist
com.microsoft.PowerPoint.plist

You'll lose any customizations such as menu or toolbar preferences, but it
might fix the font problem.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

Quoting from "scotth" <scotth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in article
B913F4CC-89A0-441E-A38D-685BDE689FEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, on [DATE:

Yes I do save the presentation. In fact I can leave Power point open. So
one scenario that causes the problem is as follows.
1. Open Powerpoint and a presentation
2. Change fonts (in master or individual slides) to a font other than
Arial,
Times, etc.
3. Save and close the presentation (leaving Powerpoint open)
4. Re-open the Powerpoint presentation.
5. All of the changed fonts are set to Arial

Just to be clear, I have used Powerpoint for years and have always done
this
without problem. On an earlier Mac with Office X, this worked fine. But
with Office 2004, the problem has emerged.

Thanks!
-- Scott

"Jim Gordon MVP" wrote:

Hi,

I know this sounds silly to ask, but when you close do you click the Don't
Save button? Are you even prompted to save when you close the
presentation?

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP


Quoting from "scotth" <scotth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in article
92E0067A-5431-4B1A-8209-2A12AFEA9039@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, on [DATE:

When I create a Powerpoint file (using Office 2004 v 11.3.2, although I
did
apply the 11.3.3 update) and change fonts in the presentation(using
Chalboard, Tahoma, etc.), the fonts are displayed OK. But if I close the
file and open it again, all of the font information is lost and
Powerpoint
reverts back to Arial.

This happens both for font changes in the master slide and in individual
files. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this? Fonts in general seem to
be
OK, as this does not happen on Word or any of my Mac apps.

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/



--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

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