powerpoint, Condense setting lost with font color change

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powerpoint >> Condense setting lost with font color change

by KirkW » Wed, 06 May 2009 00:19:06 GMT

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: Power PC

Has anyone else noticed the following problem? Or better yet, found a solution?

Here's the scenario:
- Open a new document in PowerPoint 2004
- Fill a text box with a few lines of text.
- Change the color of any character in the middle of the text.
- Select all the text, bring up the Font menu and select "Condense".

You'll now have a box of condensed text, with one letter a different color.

Save the file, close it, then reopen it.

The problem is that now all the letters following the color change are no longer condensed.

The text up to the color change is unaffected. It doesn't seem to matter which font or color is selected. Only the "Condense" attribute is lost following any color change. Other attributes (such as underline or superscript) are unaffected.

In fact, we can select both underline and condense, save and reopen the file, and all the text will still be underlined, but only the portion of text before the color change will be both underlined and condensed.

We've applied the latest updates (Office 11.5.4, which brings PowerPoint up to 11.5.1). And we've tried this on two other Macs with the same results. This problem does not seem to appear in PowerPoint 2008, but upgrading to that version is not an option for us.

Any and all help greatly appreciated!
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powerpoint >> Condense setting lost with font color change

by CyberTaz » Wed, 06 May 2009 01:24:30 GMT


I've not seen previous reports so I don't know if it's something new or if
it's just something not too many others have had reason to do. However, I
have been able to repro what you describe & have passed it on to MacBU.

Thanks for the heads up. When I hear something back I'll post it here... But
don't expect it to be any kind of immediate response.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



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