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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / October 2007Font not displaying propery
I am having a problem with some powerpoint slides which I am trying to run from a cd. The slides work on other computers in both office 2003 and 2007. In every slide, every character is replaced with some kind of bracket or parenthesis. The font shows as "formata". I have been able to paste the text into MS word 2007 while keeping the source formating, and the text displays without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? You probably need to embed that font into the presentation file before creating the CD. I suspect the problem is that the font isn't installed on the computer that's running the CD.  SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ >I am having a problem with some powerpoint slides which I am trying to run > from a cd. The slides work on other computers in both office 2003 and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font > display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? The cd was distributed with the textbook that this professor is teaching from. It cant be changed unless I pull every power point file off of the cd and edit them. I am assuming the font is installed since the text can be displayed in MS word. > I am having a problem with some powerpoint slides which I am trying to run > from a cd. The slides work on other computers in both office 2003 and 2007. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font > display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? I wouldn't assume that, but okay. If the machines yoiu're having problems with are PPT 2007, then make sure you have a Windows-certified printer driver installed locally and set as the default driver. How to install a local printer driver http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > The cd was distributed with the textbook that this professor is teaching > from. It cant be changed unless I pull every power point file off of the [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font >> display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? Why a printer driver? What does this have to do with how PowerPoint displays fonts??? Has MS done something silly again? > I wouldn't assume that, but okay. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >> without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font > >> display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? PowerPoint 2007 relies more heavily on printer drivers for display than previous versions of PPT did. Sorry, I can't tell you any more than that because I don't really know any more than that. Look, it doesn't take long to try -- give it a shot and see if it works. If it doesn't, you haven't lost anything but the five minutes it takes to install the driver. SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ > Why a printer driver? What does this have to do with how PowerPoint > displays [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font >> >> display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? > Why a printer driver? What does this have to do with how PowerPoint displays > fonts??? Has MS done something silly again? PPT's always been a bit sensitive to the printer driver. It seems a bit more so in the latest version. > The cd was distributed with the textbook that this professor is teaching > from. It cant be changed unless I pull every power point file off of the cd > and edit them. But you can try one or two as a test, no? > I am assuming the font is installed since the text can be > displayed in MS word. Not necessarily the case. For example, if PPT is substituting a different font for Formata than Word is, the results might be completely different. In any case, why assume when it's so simple to know for certain? Choose Start, Control Panel, doubleclick Fonts and see if Formata is there. If memory serves, my copy of Formata was a Type1/Postscript font, meaning it couldn't be embedded. But I wouldn't trust my memory too far on that one. > > I am having a problem with some powerpoint slides which I am trying to run > > from a cd. The slides work on other computers in both office 2003 and 2007. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > without any issues. I can change the font but Id like to have the font > > display properly every time the cd is used. can anyone help? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Ok, now i know for sure that formata is not installed on any of the pc's that I have tested these powerpoint files on. I added a printer as suggested by following the instructions provided. There is something different on this one users pc that is causing all characters in these files to be displayed as random brackets and parathesis. Aside from this one pc in question, this same cd has worked in in both 2003 and 2007 on other machines( all windows XP pro). I appreciate the suggestions so far, Im hoping someone out there may have more. Im really not sure where to begin. Thanks > > The cd was distributed with the textbook that this professor is teaching > > from. It cant be changed unless I pull every power point file off of the cd [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ So it's strictly on this one PC? If you haven't already, power it down totally and let it sit for about a cup of coffee or so, then start it up again. See if that's sorted it out. You could also try creating a new user profile and testing under it. > Ok, now i know for sure that formata is not installed on any of the pc's that > I have tested these powerpoint files on. I added a printer as suggested by [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I have tried both. The reboot didnt work and the problem occurs on all profiles. > So it's strictly on this one PC? > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ This is very weird. Is it an English version of Windows, or a different language? SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/ >I have tried both. The reboot didnt work and the problem occurs on all > profiles. [quoted text clipped - 80 lines] >> PPTools: www.pptools.com >> ================================================ If it starts to spin round and spew green stuff, run for a priest. But until then ... hmmm. One more thought: corrupt font (the one PPT is choosing in place of formata) So open the presentation on the problem PC, choose Format, Replace Fonts. Choose Formata in the upper list box and look at the result in the lower list box. Close PPT, locate the font file, copy it off to someplace safe, then remove it (using Control Panel, Fonts). That'll force PPT to choose a different substitute font. Restart PPT and have a look at the presentation. > I have tried both. The reboot didnt work and the problem occurs on all > profiles. [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Well im srry to say that that didnt work either. Im gonna try uninstalling and removing all registry entries. see if i can start from scratch or even send the user back to office 2003. Ill keep you posted. feel free to offer any more ideas. thanks a lot for you help. I still have yet to solve this issue, I set up powerpoint viewer to handle ppt files by default so the user can use this cd without problems. > Well im srry to say that that didnt work either. Im gonna try uninstalling > and removing all registry entries. see if i can start from scratch or even > send the user back to office 2003. Ill keep you posted. feel free to offer > any more ideas. thanks a lot for you help. |
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