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msdsw - 07 Aug 2006 12:47 GMT

How do I preview fonts in the font drop down list? I am running PPT 97. I
know I used to be able to click the drop down and all the fonts showed up in
preview format but now, they all look the same and I have to continue to
change fonts in my slide to see what they truly look like.

any help would be MOST appreciated!

Thanks

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John Wilson - 07 Aug 2006 13:35 GMT

Are you sure you saw that in 97/ I thought this came in with Office 2000.

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msdsw - 07 Aug 2006 23:23 GMT

It is in 97. I couldn't afford the $300 that Dell wanted for MS Office
Professional so I installed my older version when I got the PC.

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Steve Rindsberg - 07 Aug 2006 21:29 GMT

> How do I preview fonts in the font drop down list? I am running PPT 97. I
> know I used to be able to click the drop down and all the fonts showed up in
> preview format but now, they all look the same and I have to continue to
> change fonts in my slide to see what they truly look like.

Try this:

Choose Tools, Customize
On the Options tab of the Customize dialog box, put a check next to "List font
names in their font"

(this is taken from PPT2000, but to the best of my recollection, it works the
same in PPT97)

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msdsw - 07 Aug 2006 23:23 GMT

Thanks for the reply, but, that doesn't work either....ugh.

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> > How do I preview fonts in the font drop down list? I am running PPT 97. I
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Steve Rindsberg - 08 Aug 2006 18:56 GMT

> Thanks for the reply, but, that doesn't work either....ugh.

Make sure you have a printer driver installed and set as the default printer
(it should be a local printer driver, not one installed on a network computer).

What printer driver is it?

Quit PPT and power down the PC for five minutes or so. Restart. Sometimes
that fixes odd ones like this.

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msdsw - 09 Aug 2006 12:49 GMT

I have my default printer set and the printer driver is listed as "Lexmark
z25-z35". I have tried shutting down and rebooting numerous times. I'm
beginning to think my version of PPT is just OLD.

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Steve Rindsberg - 09 Aug 2006 20:09 GMT

> I have my default printer set and the printer driver is listed as "Lexmark
> z25-z35". I have tried shutting down and rebooting numerous times. I'm
> beginning to think my version of PPT is just OLD.

I've got a machine with 97 on it and as it turns out, it doesn't have the font
preview feature. What you *can* do is choose some text, choose Format, Font,
select a new font/size/etc and click Preview to see the effect.

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TonyRamos - 10 Aug 2006 00:44 GMT

Have you tried FontGlancer? It's a good and simple little program (not
a PPT add-in), but it contains a most useful feature: type in your text
and you can preview that text in every font on your Windows-based PC.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fontglancer.html

And it's free.

Hope this helps,
Tony

Tony Ramos, PPT MVP
Specialist in PowerPoint Presentation Design
http://tonyramos.com
Home of "Tony's PowerPoint Weblog"

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