PPT97: Cannot Change Color of Embossed Text in PowerPoint 4 File

ID: Q189548

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you open a PowerPoint for Windows version 4.0 presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint 97, the color of text that has emboss character formatting applied to it cannot be changed.

CAUSE

In PowerPoint 97, text to which you have applied embossed formatting retains the true characteristics of embossing. That is, the text picks up the color of the material to which the embossing has been applied. In PowerPoint 97 this is the background color of the slide. This functionality is different from PowerPoint 4.0.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, change the background color of your slide by following these steps:

1. Right-click outside of any object bounding box, and then click

   Background on the menu that appears.

2. In the Fill Color list, click the down arrow and select the color

   you want.

3. Click Apply to apply the color to the current slide. Or, click

   Apply To All to apply the color to all the slides in the
   presentation.

STATUS

Microsoft welcomes suggestions or comments about changes in functionality and product design. You are invited to submit suggestions by filling out the form at the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/regwiz/regwiz.asp

Additional query words: Powerpt ppt emboss 4.0 ppt97 ppt wppt4 mppt4 convert import load emboss

Keywords          : kbinterop kbconversion kbFont 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 17, 1998