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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 20072007: Placeholder edits line break after comma
In 2007 placeholders, whenever I insert a comma after the last word in any line, powerpoint automatically fits this word onto a new line although both the word and comma and space would fit. Any ideas how this behaviour can be switched off? Autofit option does not seem to have anything to do with it and I can't find an entry in auto correct?  SignatureCathy You might want to check the margin of the placeholder -- it may look like it should fit, but it may not because of the internal margin. Right-click the placeholder, choose Format Shape, then textbox, and look at the internal margin. See if changing that changes the behavior when adding a comma to the text. 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/ > In 2007 placeholders, whenever I insert a comma after the last word in any > line, powerpoint automatically fits this word onto a new line although [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > and > I can't find an entry in auto correct? No, it's nothing like that. Zero margin. It does even fit on one line if I do not insert a comma but a full stop?! I've been thinking along the lines of the widow/orphan paragraph setting in word. The text is four or five words seperated by commas and the word in question should be the second last. SignatureCathy > You might want to check the margin of the placeholder -- it may look like it > should fit, but it may not because of the internal margin. Right-click the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > and > > I can't find an entry in auto correct? Wow, I don't know, then. You might check Tools | Autocorrect and see if there's anything listed in there for a comma. But the fact that a list of words with commas is fine makes it seem like that's not the problem. PPT doesn't have anything like Word's widow/orphan setting. 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/ > No, it's nothing like that. Zero margin. It does even fit on one line if I > do [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> > and >> > I can't find an entry in auto correct? I am experiencing this same problem. It's not a margin problem, and I can't locate anything in the autocorrect wizard associated with this specific challenge. This happens when I am listing several items separated by commas (e.g., "the courses he took were English, math, pshchology, and history.") In this example, PowerPoint will invariably begin a new line starting with the word "English"... but only after I place the comma after it. If I skip the comma and string the list together without commas, PowerPoint will put them all on the same line. Grrr. Does anyone know of a work-around for this? Thanks! > In 2007 placeholders, whenever I insert a comma after the last word in any > line, powerpoint automatically fits this word onto a new line although both > the word and comma and space would fit. Any ideas how this behaviour can be > switched off? Autofit option does not seem to have anything to do with it and > I can't find an entry in auto correct? Do you have a sample slide that exhibits this behavior for you? I'd really like to see if it behaves the same way here. Please mail it to echos at indy dot net and add a reminder of the problem (and perhaps the title of this thread) so I can remember what the issue is. 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 experiencing this same problem. It's not a margin problem, and I >can't [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> and >> I can't find an entry in auto correct? I'm having the same problem, with text boxes that I've inserted. It doesn't happen with every comma, or every line, just seemingly randomly throughout the text. The problem isn't new with Office 2007, though -- I've run into this with earlier versions, too. I can't find anything systematic about when it happens, except that it's always after a comma that the line breaks. Please help! -Mijke > In 2007 placeholders, whenever I insert a comma after the last word in any > line, powerpoint automatically fits this word onto a new line although both > the word and comma and space would fit. Any ideas how this behaviour can be > switched off? Autofit option does not seem to have anything to do with it and > I can't find an entry in auto correct? Do you have a Windows-certified printer driver installed and set as the default printer? Someone sent me a file that displays this behavior on their system, but I don't see it here on mine when I open their file. I suspect the printer driver is the reason. Here are instrux for installing one: 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 PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm (New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html PPTLive! Oct 28-31, New Orleans http://www.pptlive.com > I'm having the same problem, with text boxes that I've inserted. It > doesn't [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> and >> I can't find an entry in auto correct? My default printer is a Canon i320, the driver for it was available in windows. It's currently offline, if that matters, but the driver is installed. Thanks, Mijke > Do you have a Windows-certified printer driver installed and set as the > default printer? Someone sent me a file that displays this behavior on their [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >> and > >> I can't find an entry in auto correct? > My default printer is a Canon i320, the driver for it was available in > windows. It's currently offline, if that matters, but the driver is installed. It shouldn't matter whether the printer's on or off, but is it on the local computer or on a server? If it's on a server, how exactly did you install the printer driver? Windows will do a kind of autoinstall if you choose a printer on a server. That doesn't work well with Office. It's better to go through the whole "choose a printer, tell it you have a disk, lead the installer to the cd, ... yada ... yada ... " routine. This ensures that the driver's on your own PC and not on the server. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ I am having this exact same problem. I tried installing the phony printer driver on my computer, as suggested, but the problem persists. Any other ideas? TIA - gina Happens to me, too! Replacing commas with semi-colons fixes the spacing, but that doesn't address the root problem. I've spent *so much* time working through every setting I can think of, including those mentioned in this thread. Grrr! This is so odd. Ray, can you send me a sample file that does this for you? Could you also include a screenshot of your screen so I can see what you see there? You can mail it to echos at indy dot net -- and if you'd include the text of this post, that would help me remember why I requested the file! :-) Also, I keep thinking this should be resolved by installing a Windows-certified printer driver on your computer and setting it as the default driver. Here are instructions for doing that. How to install a local printer driver http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm Would you mind doing this -- and choosing the specific printer driver mentioned in that FAQ -- and let us know if that resolves the issue? SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm (New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html > Happens to me, too! Replacing commas with semi-colons fixes the spacing, > but > that doesn't address the root problem. I've spent *so much* time working > through every setting I can think of, including those mentioned in this > thread. Grrr! > This is so odd. > > Ray, can you send me a sample file that does this for you? Could you also > include a screenshot of your screen so I can see what you see there? You can > mail it to echos at indy dot net -- and if you'd include the text of this > post, that would help me remember why I requested the file! :-) Is there any chance this PPT version (or the specific text boxes) is some other language than English? Another user with a French version has just reported this elsewhere. >> This is so odd. >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > reported > this elsewhere. I know, I just saw that. But no, the textboxes in the sample file are US English. Darn. I was hoping that was a clue! SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PowerPoint 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm (New!) The PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/2qzlpl Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/index.html |
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