PPT97: Header or Footer Text Runs into Date or Slide Number

ID: Q189697

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you include a footer on a PowerPoint slide, the footer text may run into the slide number and/or the date.

CAUSE

Text boxes on the Slide Master control the preset locations of the date, footer, and slide number. These are provided for easy access and formatting. If you enter too much text in the footer box, the text may collide with the text from the date and/or slide number boxes if they are also present.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, click Slide Master on the View menu, and then move or resize the date, slide number, header, and footer placeholders.

REFERENCES

For more information about formatting text frames, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in PowerPoint Help, type the following text

   resizing objects

double-click the selected text, and then double-click "Resize or crop an object" to go to the "Resize or crop an object" topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: 8.00 ppt97

Keywords          : kbusage
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 20, 1998