previewing fonts in drop down

[msdsw]

How do I preview fonts in the font drop down list? I am running PPT 97. I
know I used to be able to click the drop down and all the fonts showed up in
preview format but now, they all look the same and I have to continue to
change fonts in my slide to see what they truly look like.

any help would be MOST appreciated!

Thanks

 

[John Wilson]

Are you sure you saw that in 97/ I thought this came in with Office 2000.
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Did that answer the question / help?
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Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
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[msdsw]

It is in 97. I couldn't afford the $300 that Dell wanted for MS Office
Professional so I installed my older version when I got the PC.

 

[msdsw]

Thanks for the reply, but, that doesn't work either....ugh.

 

[msdsw]

I have my default printer set and the printer driver is listed as "Lexmark
z25-z35". I have tried shutting down and rebooting numerous times. I'm
beginning to think my version of PPT is just OLD.

 

[TonyRamos]

Have you tried FontGlancer? It's a good and simple little program (not
a PPT add-in), but it contains a most useful feature: type in your text
and you can preview that text in every font on your Windows-based PC.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/fontglancer.html

And it's free.

Hope this helps,
Tony

Tony Ramos, PPT MVP
Specialist in PowerPoint Presentation Design
http://tonyramos.com
Home of "Tony's PowerPoint Weblog"