Format of slides is lost

[Totolote]

I have a slide presentation that works fine by itself. It contains
transitions and custom animations. whe I try to insert the slides to an
other presentation, I loose several of the custom animations eventhough I am
checking the "keep the source formating" box. Can someone tell me what am I
doing wrong? Any suggestions will be appreciated.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Could you give us a bit more information:

PowerPoint versions?
PPT creation computer
Paste to computer

Options selected on Tools -> options -> edit tab

All Office updates current?

Copy/Insert method? Please tell us step-by-step what you are doing.


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[Totolote]

Thank you for replying to my message.

My Power Point Verson is XP 2003 Professional Edition SP1
My computer is a HP, 1.5 gig RAM, with XP HOME
My Presentation was pasted to the same computer. Whether I paste to a new
presentation or an existing presentation I loose some of the formatting. I
do many presentations a month and this is the first time I can say that I
loose the formatting.

On the Tools, Options, Edit tab I have all two checked on the cut and
paste, all two on the text, I have the chart option checked also. I have it
set to 20 undo, and NONE cheked on the disable the new features.

As far as I know, I am current with all the Office Updates. I check the
site at least twice a month.

I use the "insert Slides from Files method" NOT copy and paste. I also
check the keep source formatting chek box.

The presentation works fine by itself. It does all the "custom annimations"
and the transitions as programmed to do. But when I insert all or part to a
new or existing presentation it looses some of the custom annimations.

What do you thinh is the problem?

Thank You for Your Help.

Totolote

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Thank you for the details. Unfortunately they rule out the top 20 or so
easy fixes.

First, I would suggest doing a detect and repair on your PowerPoint. It is
possible, though not likely, the program has gotten a wee bit scrambled.

If that does not fix the problem then I would try round tripping the
presentations (both the copied and the copied to) through HTML. If you have
a presentation that has become slightly corrupt (yes, this is possible) than
saving as an HTML and reopening in PowerPoint & saving as a new PPT may
help. This process seems to re-build the inner workings of the presentation
and fixes a lot of bizarre behaviors.

If neither of these work and the problem remains, post back and we'll work
on some more ideas.


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[Totolote]

Thanks for the suggestions but they did not work. I tried by copying the
slides and did not loose the custom annimations but did loose the background
color (from white to black). The same happened when I inserted them without
checking the keep the source formatting. Do you have any other possible
solutions/suggestions? I guess is not a great deal since it is a small
presentation, but bothers me not to be able to figure out what is causing the
loss of formatting.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Could you email me the presentation (up to 10 megs) or post a site I can
down load it from so that I can try this on my system. This will help to
determine if the problem is machine based, or in the presentation itself. I
will not disclose the contained information or content to anyone else.

If your presentation is over 10 megs, try trimming it down to a couple of
slides and re-saving as a new name (do not change your original). Try the
insert from file and see if this smaller presentation continues to fault, if
it does -- send it along.

Email me at vestprog2 [at sign] yahoo [dot] com

Bill Dilworth