presentation views oddly on 2nd PC

[Maddie Moo]

I created a presentation in Powerpoint 2007. When I try and view it on
another PC (also running 2007) the text displays all over the slide -
sometimes running off the edge of the slides. Both machines are on the same
network, both using XP Pro and office 2007. It happens if the presentation
is created as a pptx (2007) file OR as a ppt (97 - 2003 compatible) file.

Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Chris Watts]

Is it a fonts issue?
Are you using a standard Windows font or a specail one that happens to be
installed on your machine and not on the other one? If so then using save
font with presentation option should solve that.

cheers
Chris

 

[Maddie Moo]

Chris - it's using Ariel Narrow, which is a common font AFAIK. will try the
saving thing anyway - just to see if it helps. thanks for the suggestion.

 

[David Marcovitz]

This appears to be a classic case of the Printer Driver Problem. You
need to install a local printer driver as the default printer on the
afflicted machine. For more information check out this entry from the
PPT FAQ:

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

--David

 

[Maddie Moo]

Thanks DAvid! Will try that ASAP.

This appears to be a classic case of the Printer Driver Problem. You
need to install a local printer driver as the default printer on the
afflicted machine. For more information check out this entry from the
PPT FAQ:

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

--David
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David Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/