Re: Text boxes - created in PPT for Windows and viewd in PPT for M

Thanks VERY much, Steve. I have used Arial, Verdana and Gil Sans and always
have the same problem. I'll try sticking with Arial, per your suggestion.

The text container auto-sizes to fit the text I've entered. How would I
manually enlarge the container without affecting the text size inside?

Thanks again!

Maggie

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

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> > Whenever I create a text box in PowerPoint for Windows, it looks fine to
> > other Windows users, but to my colleagues who work on Macs, the text spills
> > out of the text box. They have the same fonts I use.
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> How have you made sure of this?
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> > I'm assuming that the Mac version of the fonts is a little different than
> > the Windows versions. But the only type of font PowerPoint allows me to embed
> > is TrueType, which I believe Macs will strip out automatically and replace
> > with another similar non-TT font.
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> Mac versions don't strip out the embedded TT fonts, but they don't use them
> either, so yes, if the fonts aren't present on the Mac, PowerPoint will
> substitute a different font. On the other hand, it *might* be a TT font or it
> might not.
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> What fonts are you using? For overall compatibility, it's best to stick with
> [yawn] Arial and [yawwwwnnnnn] TimesNewRoman, which should be present on all
> Windows and Mac systems.
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> And because of slight font rendering differences between the two platforms, it's
> best not to pack the text in there too tightly. When in doubt, bump the text up
> and down by a point or two to see if bad things happen. If so, make the text
> container a bit bigger.
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