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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / April 2007Why does PP not allow me to type quotation marks?
When I type various punctuation marks (like quotation marks) PowerPoint displays them as a straight line (similiar to a bold l). This is both on the notes and in the presentation... Thanks I'm guessing that your AutoCorrect options have gotten messed up. Go to the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect. Under the AutoFormat as You Type tab, change the setting for Replace Straight Quotes with Smart Quotes and see if that helps. If that doesn't help, try going under the AutoCorrect tab and seeing if there is an entry for quotation marks there. If there is, delete it. --David  SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ > When I type various punctuation marks (like quotation marks) > PowerPoint displays them as a straight line (similiar to a bold l). > This is both on the notes and in the presentation... Thanks Does this happen in all fonts or just one (which)? Does this happen in other apps or just PowerPoint? Have you installed a local printer on the computer? Updated the drivers to current from the website? What version of PowerPoint? Windows? DirectX? All updated to current? SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . > When I type various punctuation marks (like quotation marks) PowerPoint > displays them as a straight line (similiar to a bold l). This is both on > the > notes and in the presentation... Thanks Bill, thanks for your help. See below for the answers to your questions. George > Does this happen in all fonts or just one (which)? I am only working in Times New Romans > Does this happen in other apps or just PowerPoint? Just PowerPoint > Have you installed a local printer on the computer? Updated the drivers to > current from the website? I created the presentation in one computer and moved it to another. See below. I think this is where the problem lies. > What version of PowerPoint? Windows? DirectX? All updated to current? Created in Power Point 2002 (10.263.2625) Windws XP 20002 Service Pack 2 Running in Power Point 2003 (11.5529.5606) Windows XP 2002 Servuce Pack 2 (different computer) > > When I type various punctuation marks (like quotation marks) PowerPoint > > displays them as a straight line (similiar to a bold l). This is both on > > the > > notes and in the presentation... Thanks OK, two things to check. 1) Try changing to a different font and see if the problem persists. It is possible that the font has become corrupt. You may also want to deselect embed fonts in the presentation (if that option is selected). In PowerPoint Tools => Options => (tab) Save => Font options for current document only => Uncheck (if checked) => OK 2) Try round tripping the presentation thru HTML to remove minor corruption from the file. See ** HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . > Bill, thanks for your help. See below for the answers to your questions. > George [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> > the >> > notes and in the presentation... Thanks |
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