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Article ID: 285506 - Last Review: September 27, 2006 - Revision: 2.5
Special text formatting is lost when a Word document is pasted in PowerPoint2002 or in PowerPoint 2003
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SYMPTOMS
When you copy text from Microsoft Word and then paste it
into PowerPoint, the format of the text may be changed: Special formatting may
be ignored or altered, and there may not be a similar way of formatting the
text in PowerPoint.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur because some of the font attributes
that are available in Word are not supported by PowerPoint. Although PowerPoint
supports a wide variety of font styles and effects, an even greater range of
font attributes is available in Word.
MORE INFORMATION
The following is a list of font attributes that are
available in Word but which are not currently supported by PowerPoint:
- Underline style
NOTE: PowerPoint supports only a Single Underline underline style.
When you copy text formatted with a Word Underline style that is not supported
in PowerPoint, the underline style changes to Single Underline. - Effects
- Strikethrough
- Double Strikethrough
- Outline
- Engrave
- Small caps
- All caps
- Hidden
- Character spacing
Word supports scale, spacing,
and position of fonts. - Text effects
Word supports the following text
animations:
- Blinking Background
- Las Vegas Lights
- Marching Black Ants
- Marching Red Ants
- Shimmer
- Sparkle Text
When you have text from Word that contains font attributes that
are available only in Word, and you copy the text to a PowerPoint presentation,
the unsupported font attributes are removed.
To view the font
attributes that are available in PowerPoint, follow these steps:
- Start PowerPoint.
- On the Format menu, click Font.
Notice that the
Font dialog box appears, and that the font attributes are
displayed.
To view the font attributes that are available in Word,
follow these steps:
- Start Word.
- On the Format menu, click Font. Notice that the Font dialog box appears, and that the font attributes are displayed.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
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