Re: equations not displaying correctly

From: Kathryn Jacobs (jacobskl_at_notjacobs.coxatwork.com)
Date: 03/11/04


Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:50:28 -0700

Echo,
I thought the new service pack was for Office XP (2002) - It is Service Pack
3. Far as I know there is no service pack for 2003 yet.

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"Echo S" <echos@indyUGHSPAM.net> wrote in message 
news:O3ZfyQ4BEHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I would also try updating your video drivers and changing hardware
> acceleration, since it almost sounds as if you're experiencing a display
> problem. http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm has instructions for
> hardware acceleration...
>
> You will also want to go to Help/Check for Updates in PPT and let it 
> install
> the critical update. There's also a new Office 2003 Service Pack out, and
> that critical update may have become part of that service pack. If both a
> critical update and a service pack are available, I'd probably go ahead 
> and
> install both.
>
> -- 
> Echo [MS PPT MVP]
> http://www.echosvoice.com
>
> "Mak" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0E554D8E-F876-40AF-A807-7057808C9297@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> i came across the solution that suzanna posted in the microsoft office
> help forum on 24th Jan as shown below but it can't help with my problem.
>>
>> I am currently using microsoft office 2003 and i have problem with some 
>> of
> my power point document. All the equations written in the document turn up
> to be some black spot or some unreadable symbol. For example, all sigma,
> epselone, gamma and also some + and - signs missing in the equations.
>>
>> When i try to double click on the equation, the microsoft equation 3.0
> pops up. while closing the equation 3.0 software, the equation changed and
> now it's readable. That's mean now i will have to double click to call out
> the microsoft equation 3.0 software on every equations in order to view 
> the
> equations.
>>
>> I have tried to open the same ppt. files in my friend PC using office 
>> 2000
> and the equations did show up! But the same problem happen with my PC when 
> i
> install the office 2000 instead of office 2003.
>>
>>
>> As the solution u mentioned above, i have tried to change the default
> language to English (UK). Although i do install files for east asia
> languages, i did not select any of them at the moment. However, the 
> problem
> still exist.
>>
>> Hopefully can get some help from you. Thanks a lot.
>>
>>
>> Suzanna sulution:
>> (The so-called "crop marks" at the margin corners are a result of having
>> support for an Asian language installed. You can get rid of them by going
> to
>> Start | Programs | Microsoft Office Tools | Microsoft Office <version>
>> Language Settings and disabling this support.
>>
>> As for the problems with symbols, make sure that you have the required
> fonts
>> installed. In particular, you need to have a TrueType version of Symbol
>> installed even if you also have the PostScript Symbol font. As you have
>> figured out, the printer driver is a likely cause of such problems, too,
> but
>> you do need to have some printer driver (other than Generic-Text Only)
>> installed and selected as the default in order for Word to work properly.
>> For FAQs about Equation Editor and help with such problems, try
>> www.dessci.com, the Web site of Design Science, which provides EE to
>> Microsoft.)
>>
>>
>
> 


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