Editing White Text in PowerPoint

[Roger Migdow]

When editing white text, you can't read it in PowerPoint since the
background becomes white. We have always gotten around this by
making the text very light gray, unfortunately, it prints that way as
well. Is ther any way to change the default background color of a text
box when eduiting it so you can see the white text while editing it??!!

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

Text disappears when I edit it
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00285.htm

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Roger,

I know exactly what you mean. It's to do with the background color, or a
badly designed template

Text disappears when I edit it
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00285.htm

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free sample templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Steve....it appears that you have adjusted your clock forward by 6-7
minutes. Is this to take into account that British summer time has finished?
Or is my clock slow?

TAJ

 

[Steve Rindsberg, PPTMVP]

There. This is as good as it gets.

 

[Benjamin Amsaleg]

When editing white text, you can't read it in PowerPoint since the
background becomes white. We have always gotten around this by
making the text very light gray, unfortunately, it prints that way as
well. Is ther any way to change the default background color of a text
box when eduiting it so you can see the white text while editing it??!!

I am with you on this one. Our corporate design is to have a slide title in
white over a red 1 inch high area across the top of the slide. The reste
being on a white background

So changing the background color schem is not an option to use. My work
around is to work in Black and white mode then the bug is not here.

 

[M. Katz]

I like white text and have been suffering through this problem for a
long time. At the January 2003 MacWorld Expo in San Francisco, I went
to the Microsoft booth and talked with the technicians there. I showed
them this bug and they were quite surprised. "Well, look at that.
You're right. Whatdya know."

Nice people. As if they cared.

I wish I never had to use Microsoft products.
Monopoly = no competition = bugs never get fixed.
Sure I'm bitter. I deserve better. We all do.
Heaven help us.

M. Katz

 

[Jim Gordon]

Hi

In case you want to be sure that Microsoft tracks a problem like this you
can send feedback to Microsoft at this URL:
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

All messages sent to that URL are read by product managers and are tracked
in a database. You'll only get a form letter response, but at least you know
your thoughts were read and counted.

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

All responses should be made to this newsgroup within the same thread.
Thanks.

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