When I click on a text box or table in

[presentationpete]

ppt 2003, the screen automatically shifts so that the center of the
slide is in the center of my window. So if I have a table off to the
right side of my slide, and I click on the contents to edit it,
immediately the view shifts to the center of the slide and my table is
offscreen. I don't recall ever having this problem before. It's only
an issue if I'm viewing at greater than 100% but I am often viewing
like that to work on detailed tables and such. This is incredibly
annoying. If my table is off the slide and in the peripheral outside
black area of the workspace, forget about it - I can't even edit a
simple table without constantly having to move BACK to the table with
the scroll bar.

Anyone have any ideas about why this is happening and how to sotp it?
It's driving me crazy. I'd like to just click on a simple table and
have my view NOT move. Sheesh Microsoft is that so much to ask for?

 

[John Wilson]

Hi Pete

I hear your anger ... BUT I don't see your problem.

Nothing I can do makes tables behave that way in 2003 or in 2007! Are you up
to date with service packs? Are there addin s that might cause this? Did you
try detect and repair?

 

[presentationpete]

hi John, I'm trying to figure out my service pack situation. I used ot
be really on top of it but I've lapsed. I have both 2003 and 2007 on
my machine and I need ot make sure service packs dont interfere with
running both on my machine.

Anyway, I had a flash converter add-in that I've deleted. Didn't help.
I did detect and repair. Didn't help. It's the strangest thing when I
click on a text box or table that is off the slide an in the
peripheral part of the workspace, the program automatically snaps the
vertical scrollbar all the way to the left. I'm losing my mind, LOL. I
wonder if I should just uninstall all office 2003 stuff and reinstall.
I dont recall having this problem until yesterday and I haven't made
any changes.

 

[presentationpete]

I think I may have figured out the problem. I think it's a dual
monitor issue. When I'm working on a slide on my specified monitor #2,
the problem exists. When I drag the interface over to Monitor #1, the
problem ceases. For some reason on monitor #2 (when specified monitor
#2 is my extra monitor, not the laptop monitor), everytime I select an
object it snaps the vertical scrollbar to the left. I still dont know
why this started happening, I havent made any changes to my system.
But I'm hoping that as long as I work in Monitor #1 then I wont have
the issue. *crosses fingers*. I already had Servic pack 3 for 2003
installed.

Even though I think I figured out the problem, I'll bet there is a way
to make that not happen.

 

[Kathryn]

I have the same setup and the same shifting problem- a real nuisance

 

[Echo S]

There's a bug in PPT 2007 where, when you're zoomed in on an object and go
to edit it, the screen jumps to the center of the slide.

Are you using PPT 2007, and is that the behavior you're experiencing?

 

[Echo S]

What is the display size on your first monitor? On your second?

 

[presentationpete]

Hi Echo, I'm seeing this problem in 2003, but I also happen to have
2007 loaded on my machine and I do use it sometimes. so maybe somehow
2003 picked up the bug from 2007? Maybe that isn't even possible but
I'm at a loss for any other explanation.

 

[presentationpete]

Ok well when I was having the problem (before switching display 1 and
2), my display sizes were this...

Display 1 (laptop) 15.4 - so I'm guessing 1280 x 800
Display 2 (external monitor) is a 22 inch monitor at 1680 x 1050

When I was having the problem, it was only on Display 2. If I moved
the same PPT workspace over to Display 1, the problem vanished. Now
that I've reversed 1 and 2, I am not having the problem on my large
monitor where I do most of my work.

 

[Echo S]

Ah. I was thinking maybe it had something to do with the actual res.

 

[Echo S]

Well, I couldn't quite tell from your description whether this behavior
you're describing is the same as that or not. Plus, you're using 2003, and I
don't think that particular problem happens in 2003.

But the next person came in and said they have the same problem. So I was
really just trying to make sure it was the exact same problem.