Keep Source Formatting doesn't work in some installations

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Kevin Farlee - 24 Apr 2008 21:44 GMT

I have 3 computers. All run XP. All have PowerPoint 2007.

On one of them, if I transfer slides from one deck to another (I've tried
several methods), and select "Keep Source Formatting", it seems to ignore the
option and reformats the slide regardless. Major pain.

If I take the SAME two decks and perform the SAME operation using all the
SAME options, it works just fine.

Unfortunately, the one that consistently screws up is the one where I REALLY
need to be doing the assembling of the decks.

I've uninstalled Office and reinstalled. No change.
Please can someone tell me what the heck is going on here?

Thanks,

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Echo S - 25 Apr 2008 02:09 GMT

I had a client report this just today. She was using copy/paste and then
opting to "keep source formatting." (She's working in PPT 2007.)

It repros here as well. When I copy/paste slides into the target
presentation and select "keep source formatting," our references, which are
in manual textboxes at the bottoms of the slides and which have journal
names in italics...*all* the text in the reference textbox becomes italic. I
see problems with other textboxes on the slides, too -- non-italicized text
becomes italicized. It seems to be a problem with Arial Narrow font. Is that
what you're seeing?

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>I have 3 computers. All run XP. All have PowerPoint 2007.
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Kevin Farlee - 25 Apr 2008 05:55 GMT

I'm seeing text formatting being changed drastically (some cases size and
font both change totally changing the formatting) as well as backgrounds
disappearing.
It's as if I had not selected Keep Source Formatting at all.

> I had a client report this just today. She was using copy/paste and then
> opting to "keep source formatting." (She's working in PPT 2007.)
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Echo S - 25 Apr 2008 22:41 GMT

Okay, give me something to go on, here. Is there any pattern to what fonts
change and what fonts they change into? Any pattern to the formating
changes?

Did these files start life as PPT 2007 files, or were they created in an
earlier version?

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Kevin Farlee - 28 Apr 2008 23:05 GMT

The biggest issue seems to be that it has a great affinity for Times New
Roman 18pt.
Whatever size and font is used in the original, it seems to come across as
Times New Roman 18.

Neither the original or new decks have a master format that uses that font
as far as I can see.

> Okay, give me something to go on, here. Is there any pattern to what fonts
> change and what fonts they change into? Any pattern to the formating
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Echo S - 29 Apr 2008 03:32 GMT

Wow, I don't have *any* idea. I pinged a contact at Microsoft to see if
there have been any reports like yours or mine, but I haven't heard
anything, and I may never.

Is the default printer the same on all of the systems?

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> The biggest issue seems to be that it has a great affinity for Times New
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