Prevent: Typing O followed by / (slash) switching to foriegn character

[mheydman]

PPT 2004 on Mac, OSX...

The foreign character is an O with a slash through it: Ø

A similar thing happens when we type an L followed by a slash.

One particular font ("times") on one particular machine exhibits this
behavior, and in our situation it is undesirable. But this is the font
we must use and the machine we must use it on.


I cannot find any setting in PPT that will allow me to turn this
feature off. How should I go about getting PPT to allow me to enter o/
or l/ ?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I don't have 2004 (just PPT X) and this doesn't happen for me, but I
think you want to go to the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect. From there
you can scroll down to find the L/ and O/. Select them and click the
delete button.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[mheydman]

Thanks for the reply, David- that was our initial thought (that it was
an AutoCorrect "feature"), but alas, there are no entries in
autocorrect for o/ or l/.

-Matt

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Darn. Then, I'm stuck, and I just shut down my Mac for the night. You
might try the Mac PowerPoint newsgroup:
microsoft.public.mac.office.powerpoint

--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[Michael Koerner]

Is there an option on the Mac similar to the PC to enter ASCII characters by
holding down the Alt key and depressing numbers on the numeric keypad? Ø is
created by using Alt+0216

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I don't have 2004 (just PPT X) and this doesn't happen for me, but I
think you want to go to the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect. From there
you can scroll down to find the L/ and O/. Select them and click the
delete button.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[Michael Koerner]

Disregard, read the message wrong. Need to add something to my coffee. Arghhhhh!

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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


Is there an option on the Mac similar to the PC to enter ASCII characters by
holding down the Alt key and depressing numbers on the numeric keypad? Ø is
created by using Alt+0216

--
<>Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup<>
<><>Email unless specifically requested will not be opened<><>
<><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><>
<><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><>
Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


I don't have 2004 (just PPT X) and this doesn't happen for me, but I
think you want to go to the Tools menu and choose AutoCorrect. From there
you can scroll down to find the L/ and O/. Select them and click the
delete button.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[mheydman]

The default language is set to English for this user.

I'm leaning more toward the idea that it is a PPT issue rather than an
OS issue.

The problem does not happen in Word, for instance. Weird!

Thanks,

Matt

 

[Echo S]

Any chance the textbox is set to something non-English?

Or maybe the presentation itself? (Check under Tools/Language)

How about the keyboard? What's it set to? (Check Windows Control Panel --
Start/Control Panel/Regional Settings/Languages/Details)

 

[mheydman]

The text box and presentation have their language set to "English
(US)".

And this is a MAC with OSX, so there's no "Control Panel". I have gone
through the myriad international settings on the MAC and everything
seems to be setup correctly.

This problem only occurs for this user using PowerPoint and using this
particular font.


Thanks,

Matt

 

[Echo S]

The text box and presentation have their language set to "English
(US)".

And this is a MAC with OSX, so there's no "Control Panel". I have gone
through the myriad international settings on the MAC and everything
seems to be setup correctly.

Duh, I obviously missed the Mac thing. Sorry.

This problem only occurs for this user using PowerPoint and using this
particular font.

I have no idea, then.

 

[mheydman]

FIXED!

Tried many suggestions offered but to no avail...

The final solution was to back up the user's data and re-create the
user. This has fixed the problem, leading me to believe that some sort
of corruption existed in the previous user's config files. Whew, at
least we didn't have to reformat!