PPT97: Text Selected After Opening Speaker Notes

ID: Q168506

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you click Speaker Notes on the View menu, any text that was previously entered in the Speaker Notes dialog box, is selected (highlighted). If you begin typing, the selection will be deleted. Clicking Undo on the Edit menu does not restore the deleted text.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem and prevent the lost of any text, press the Right Arrow key or click at the end of the text in the Speaker Notes box.

To recover the text if you typed over the selection, immediately press CTRL+Z. If you close and then reopen the Speaker Notes dialog box, pressing CTRL+Z will not restore your text.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

For more information about Speaker Notes, click the Office Assistant, type "Speaker Notes," click Search, and then click to view "Create speaker notes and handouts."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Microsoft Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component

Additional query words: 97 8.0 speakers notes delete highlight select selected

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

Last Reviewed: November 25, 1998