PPT97: Format Painter Doesn't Copy Custom Background in Sorter

ID: Q189644

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to use Format Painter in Slide Sorter view to format the slide background of one slide to the format of another slide, nothing happens. This does work in PowerPoint for Windows, version 4.0.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: 8.00 ppt97 broken blank clear lost dropped winppt powerpnt

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

Last Reviewed: July 17, 1998