PP Viewer 07

[Julie]

How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07 presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly in PP Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.

 

[Echo S]

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

 

[Julie]

I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will have any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the viewer that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07 presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly in PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.

 

[Julie]

thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will have any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and so often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the suggestions there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be wrong.

My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the viewer that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07 presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly in PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.

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

 

[Echo S]

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file with the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will have any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be wrong.

My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.

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

 

[Julie]

I've tried both ways with no success....

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file with the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will have any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package for CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually fixes it. So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've tried both ways with no success....

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Julie]

Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration have no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new features for
my keynotes and presentations....

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package for CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually fixes it. So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've tried both ways with no success....

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT 2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration have no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new features for
my keynotes and presentations....

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Julie]

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT 2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration have no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new features for
my keynotes and presentations....

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Julie]

I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer - just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT 2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration have no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon) will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the shadows in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT 2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Julie]

I've run the diagnostics - everything is fine...

tThe shadow I want is in the Picture format ribbon in the Picture Styles
section - the 4th in the series - the "Drop Shadow Rectangle". it is NOT
found under "Picture Effects."

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the shadows in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

:

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT 2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval black,
for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug, although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange design,
that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've run the diagnostics - everything is fine...

tThe shadow I want is in the Picture format ribbon in the Picture Styles
section - the 4th in the series - the "Drop Shadow Rectangle". it is NOT
found under "Picture Effects."

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the shadows
in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

:

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

:

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT
2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration
have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which
package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it
seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what
might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to
the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message
How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP
07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

Oh, I meant to give you a workaround.

Apply the effect, then copy the picture and Ctrl+Alt+V to Paste Special.
Choose PNG. It won't be an editable picture, but it should look the way you
want! Oh, delete the original picture, of course. If you want to retain the
editable pictures, either drag the original off the edge of the slide or
make a copy of the slide and hide it before you create the PNGs.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval
black, for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug, although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange
design, that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've run the diagnostics - everything is fine...

tThe shadow I want is in the Picture format ribbon in the Picture Styles
section - the 4th in the series - the "Drop Shadow Rectangle". it is NOT
found under "Picture Effects."

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the shadows
in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

:

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

:

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT
2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration
have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no
improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which
package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it
seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting
a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the
PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things
but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver
(Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions
there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what
might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to
the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message
How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the
PP 07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Julie]

Thank you MUCHLY!!

I finally feel vindicated and no longer stupid -- we, together, figured it
out by elimination.

I would like to resolve the anomaly. I want to use that effect that will not
reproduce in the .pps or Viewer.

Can you sort this out with MS??

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval black,
for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug, although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange design,
that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've run the diagnostics - everything is fine...

tThe shadow I want is in the Picture format ribbon in the Picture Styles
section - the 4th in the series - the "Drop Shadow Rectangle". it is NOT
found under "Picture Effects."

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the shadows
in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

:

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

:

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT
2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration
have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which
package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it
seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what
might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to
the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message
How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP
07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

I wouldn't expect a fix from MS for this -- at least not any time soon. I
haven't heard back about this particular issue, but they don't historically
publish fixes quickly.

But did you see the workaround I posted? That should let you use the effect,
anyway.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

Thank you MUCHLY!!

I finally feel vindicated and no longer stupid -- we, together, figured it
out by elimination.

I would like to resolve the anomaly. I want to use that effect that will
not
reproduce in the .pps or Viewer.

Can you sort this out with MS??

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture
style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval
black,
for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug,
although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange
design,
that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've run the diagnostics - everything is fine...

tThe shadow I want is in the Picture format ribbon in the Picture
Styles
section - the 4th in the series - the "Drop Shadow Rectangle". it is
NOT
found under "Picture Effects."

:

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the
shadows
in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the
viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

:

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as
well.

Oh well!!

:

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a
prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the
PPT
2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration
have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no
improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which
package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it
seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it,
setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer
usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for
odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the
PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things
but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver
(Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions
there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a
reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried
the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what
might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion
to
the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off,
text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message
How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the
PP
07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to
appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Julie]

I am vindicated!!

So when and how will MS fix this annoying trait? How will I know?

JULIE

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval black,
for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug, although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange design,
that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I've run the diagnostics - everything is fine...

tThe shadow I want is in the Picture format ribbon in the Picture Styles
section - the 4th in the series - the "Drop Shadow Rectangle". it is NOT
found under "Picture Effects."

Oh, yeah, that *is* odd. Is there something different about the shadows
in
the file you want to use?

Reinstalling PPT 2007 won't help, I'm afraid. Running Diagnostics from
Office Button | PPT Options should do most of what a reinstallation
would....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've been plugging away at this prob.
Discovered that all the other shadows in PPT work fine in the viewer -
just
not the one i want to use.

isn't that odd?

Can I reinstall just PPT 07? Would that help?

:

It originated in PPT 2007. Tried it in a converted version 03 too.
Already downloaded the 07 viewer - twice - on the off-chance as well.

Oh well!!

:

Nuts. This is really strange.

Did the file originate as a 2007 file, or was it created in a prior
version
of PPT?

You know, you might also try downloading and re-installing the PPT
2007
Viewer, just on the off chance....
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


Updating my video driver and changing the hardware acceleration
have
no
effect on this either. I re-installed Office too - no improvement.
It seems I'm simply out of luck - too bad to lose all the new
features for
my keynotes and presentations....

:

Hm. I was wondering if "backsaving" as 97-2003 format (which
package
for
CD
does automatically) might have something to do with it, but it
seems
not.

Have you tried updating your video driver? Changing hardware
acceleration?

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm

Yours is not a common problem -- and when we do see it, setting a
Windows-certified printer driver as the default printer usually
fixes it.
So
now I'm just trying other common troubleshooting things for odd
display
issues.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


I've tried both ways with no success....

:

Are you using Package for CD, or are you just opening the PPTX
file
with
the
PPT 2007 Viewer?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


thank you!

I have reinstalled my printer and tried the other things but
the
problem
remains.
What next?

Julie

:

Julie
wrote:
I don't understand how changing my printer driver (Canon)
will
have
any
effect on my presentation in the viewer.

We don't understand why either. But it often does.

This will sound cranky; it's not meant in that spirit.
Pure practicality, that's the ticket:

Have you followed the link and tried the suggestions there?

It costs nothing, takes less time than waiting for a reply
here and
so
often
solves this kind of problem that until you HAVE tried the
suggestions
there,
there's not a lot of point in speculating further what
might
be
wrong.



My PP2007 works very well for me. It's the conversion to
the
viewer
that is
failing miserably.

Please advise.... J.

:

Install a printer driver locally. Seriously.

PowerPoint 2007 text editing slow, text cut off, text
display
or
formatting
problems, print, crash problems
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00850.htm

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007?
http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit
http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx


message
How do I get the shadows and bullets I used in the PP
07
presentation I
created to show correctly in PowerPoint 07 to appear
correctly
in
PP
Viewer
2007? They are all gibbled up.



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

 

[Echo S]

As I mentioned before, I doubt they will. Or at least, I wouldn't hold my
breath. You did see the workaround I posted though, right?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I am vindicated!!

So when and how will MS fix this annoying trait? How will I know?

JULIE

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture
style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval
black,
for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug,
although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange
design,
that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

 

[watershipwoo]

Oh, thank you!! I realize this thread is five months old, but I just hit
upon it after searching for hours and hours for a solution to the "Drop
Shadow Rectangle" problem. That drop shadow was the only one I wanted to use
in my slideshow, and the PP Viewer insisted on displaying the shadows as
hard-edged. Blech! I never tried publishing my project using a different
drop-shadow style, so I didn't know that the problem was ONLY with the Drop
Shadow Rectangle. Anyhow, the converting of the graphics to PNGs is a great
workaround even though I now have dozens of photos to convert. By the way, I
had a similar problem with similarly placed shadows on some text, but
converting the text box to a PNG works great and keeps the text shadows
soft-edged. Again, thank you for your persistence in coming up with a
solution. Hopefully, MS will fix this bug!

--------

As I mentioned before, I doubt they will. Or at least, I wouldn't hold my
breath. You did see the workaround I posted though, right?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx

I am vindicated!!

So when and how will MS fix this annoying trait? How will I know?

JULIE

Well, the good news is, I can reproduce this. I applied this picture
style
to a picture, and when I show it in the PPT 2007 Viewer, the soft drop
shadow becomes a hard-edged, PPT "2003-style" shadow.

For what it's worth, if I apply those settings from the "drop shadow
rectangle" picture style by going to Picture Effects | Shadow | Shadow
Options, that one also shows up with hard edges. It is quite odd, though,
that the other picture styles with shadows (metal frame, beveled oval
black,
for example) don't have this problem.

Sorry it took so long to nail this down. I'll report it as a bug,
although
it may actually be "by design." (Although I would call it a strange
design,
that's for sure.)

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd
PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx