PPT97: AutoShape in Updated Presentation Turns Black After Build

ID: Q162942

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you open a PowerPoint 7.0 presentation in PowerPoint 97 and run it as a slide show, some of the shapes in that presentation may turn black. This problem occurs in the following circumstances:

A shape has a gradient fill.
The picture was pasted into the presentation.
Another object on the same slide has an animation effect.

Note that this symptom does not occur all of the time, but depends on the placement of the object and the animation effects that you applied to the object.

CAUSE

A PowerPoint 7.0 drawing object that has a gradient fill is a complex object. When a PowerPoint 97 slide with animation effects is displayed in a slide show, your computer screen redraws more frequently and the object turns black.

WORKAROUND

To prevent the objects from turning black when the screen redraws, recreate the object using the PowerPoint 97 drawing tools. PowerPoint 97 can display native PowerPoint 97 drawing objects more efficiently during a slide show.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows.

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 dark solid

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

Last Reviewed: November 25, 1998