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Article ID: 969963 - Last Review: May 12, 2009 - Revision: 2.0

Manually moved indent markers result in misaligned text when opening in legacy PowerPoint version

Source: Microsoft Support

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Symptom

When using PowerPoint 2003 or earlier to open a presentation which was created in PowerPoint 2007, text may be indented incorrectly.

Cause



The indent sliders on the ruler were used to modify indent for only one line in the text box. PowerPoint 2007 includes support for multiple tab stops within the same text box.

Additionally, the Compatibility Checker in PowerPoint 2007 will not offer a warning that these tabs will be lost when saving to an earlier format.

Note This feature was not available in earlier versions.

Resolution



Three workarounds are available for this issue:

Option 1

Use the Paragraph dialog to adjust indent for the entire text box.
  1. With the text box selected, click Home > Paragraph >Dialog Launcher.
  2. Specify the desired indent values and click OK.


Option 2

Select all text in the text box before using the indent sliders on the ruler. This will modify the indent level for all text in the text box.

Option 3

With the insertion point on the line you want to modify, click Home > Paragraph > Increase List Level or Decrease List Level to manually modify the indent.

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APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
  • Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (Home and Student version)
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