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Special text formatting is lost when a Word document is pasted in PowerPoint2002 or in PowerPoint 2003

Article ID:285506
Last Review:September 27, 2006
Revision:2.5
This article was previously published under Q285506

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.

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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.

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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:
1.Start PowerPoint.
2.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:
1.Start Word.
2.On the Format menu, click Font. Notice that the Font dialog box appears, and that the font attributes are displayed.

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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Keywords: 
kbformat kbfont kbprb KB285506

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