Font size changes in Viewer

[Steve Block]

My presentation uses almost exclusively Comic Sans font for text. When I run
the presentation in PowerPoint Viewer (2003 and 2007), much of the text
appears larger than the original. This forces line breaks and overflow in
text boxes and shapes, ruining my careful formatting. (My only thought is
that it I use Comic Sans in bold and shadow a lot, and I was once told that
this font really only exists in regular format, so might not convert well.)

Can someone help please?

Steve

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Hi Steve,

Since these same issues are faced by users who move their PowerPoint
presentations between Windows and Macs, let me tell you what they do to
overcome the problem:

1. Use a little smaller size of the font, and try playing it in the Viewer.

2. Keep a little gap between slide objects that are close to the text.

3. PowerPoint's default reduce and increase font size options change font
sizes by 4 points -- try using manual font sizes, and see if that helps.

 

[Steve Block]

Thanks Geetesh - that makes sense. I've also just found that reducing text
box and shape margins will also do the trick. I suppose the best thing is to
have two versions of my presentation - one for playing through PowerPoint
itself, and one for Viewer.

The other problem I'm having is that some of my thickish shape borders end
up as rather coarse double lines in Viewer. Is there some change in
resolution perhaps?Any thoughts on that please?

Steve

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Hi Steve,

Which viewer are you using? This looks like a case of the edges not being
anti-aliased.

 

[Steve Block]

It's the same in both Powerpoint Viewer 2003 and 2007, and regardless of
whether the presentation was saved in 97-03 or 2007 version.

Steve

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Steve, PowerPoint 2003 and 2007 Viewers are essentially the same. Here are
some questions:

1. You created the presentation using PowerPoint 2003 or 2007?

2. Which version of Windows are you using?

Also, it will help if you can upload a sample slide -- can you send a link
through something like http://www.sendmefile.com/


--
Geetesh Bajaj
Author of Cutting Edge PowerPoint for Dummies
http://www.cuttingedgeppt.com

 

[Steve Block]

I've sent you a separate message to your e-mail address (I hope), containing
a simple/sample slide.

Thanks

Steve

 

[Geetesh Bajaj]

Steve, I got your PPTX -- and here are the results:

Opens great in PowerPoint 2007 in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Opens with a double line in PowerPoint 2003 on Windows XP (with the file
format patch applied so that PowerPoint 2003 can open PPTX files).

Opens with a double line again in PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.

So I guess this is some PowerPoint 2007 property that PowerPoint 2003
doesn't understand too well.

 

[Steve Block]

Thanks again Geetesh.

Steve, I got your PPTX -- and here are the results:

Opens great in PowerPoint 2007 in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Opens with a double line in PowerPoint 2003 on Windows XP (with the file
format patch applied so that PowerPoint 2003 can open PPTX files).

Opens with a double line again in PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.

So I guess this is some PowerPoint 2007 property that PowerPoint 2003
doesn't understand too well.