Equation Editor problems

[Scott]

This has been touched on in past posts here, but I don't think it's been
quite answered.

A friend of mine with PowerPoint 2004 created an equation using Insert
Object. When she chooses View>Grayscale, the text of the equation turns
into black rectangles. She emailed me the file, and I get the same thing
on my system (both running Tiger).

I'm sure it's not a printer driver issue (as suggested in one older
post); that would be a heck of a coincidence for us both a problem like
that, and the rectangles appear on-screen, not only on the printed page.

She doesn't want to upgrade to MathType. We both have all of the Office
updates. And it seems that others have reported a problem like this; see,
<http://www.versiontracker.com/users/joinerm>
currently the top-most comments.

Here's what it looks like, in grayscale:
<http://homepage.mac.com/scott_r/Picture 2.png>

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

This has been touched on in past posts here, but I don't think it's been
quite answered.

A friend of mine with PowerPoint 2004 created an equation using Insert
Object. When she chooses View>Grayscale, the text of the equation turns
into black rectangles. She emailed me the file, and I get the same thing
on my system (both running Tiger).

I'm sure it's not a printer driver issue (as suggested in one older
post); that would be a heck of a coincidence for us both a problem like
that, and the rectangles appear on-screen, not only on the printed page.

If nothing else, it proves that the Preview feature's doing a good job of
predicting the printed results.

Here's what you want to try:

While in Grayscale view, Ctrl+Click/Rightclick the object, click Grayscale
Settings on the popup menu and try the different options until you find one
that looks good on screen.

It should print that way to b/w printers; the choices you make here will have
no effect on how PPT prints in color.

She doesn't want to upgrade to MathType. We both have all of the Office
updates. And it seems that others have reported a problem like this; see,
<http://www.versiontracker.com/users/joinerm>
currently the top-most comments.

Here's what it looks like, in grayscale:
<http://homepage.mac.com/scott_r/Picture 2.png>

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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[Scott]

If nothing else, it proves that the Preview feature's doing a good job of
predicting the printed results.

Preview feature? This happens in View>Normal... or were you referring to
something else besides Print Preview?

Here's what you want to try:

While in Grayscale view, Ctrl+Click/Rightclick the object, click Grayscale
Settings on the popup menu and try the different options until you find one
that looks good on screen.

It should print that way to b/w printers; the choices you make here will
have
no effect on how PPT prints in color.

Not a single setting helps. The only difference is in what *way* it's
unreadable--lighter rectangles, or completely invisible.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Preview feature? This happens in View>Normal... or were you referring to
something else besides Print Preview?

Sorry ... forgot that there's also a preview feature NAMED "Preview". Duh.
No, I just meant Grayscale view, which is also a kind of preview of what'll
happen to your slides when printed to a b/w printer.

Not a single setting helps. The only difference is in what *way* it's
unreadable--lighter rectangles, or completely invisible.

Rats. You may need to ungroup the things and do some heavy shape-by-shape
editing on them in that case.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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