Color changes in Powerpoint

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Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000
 
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting text, not a picture.
 
Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
 
Will it allow you to change the colors back after you import it? Maybe it's
picking up the colors from the PowerPoint palate. Maybe you need to change
the color palate in PowerPoint?

Justin
 
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste icon on the
toolbar?
 
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste icon on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



[email protected] said:
Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request. text,
not a picture.
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Thanks for that additional information, rmacneil.

I've tried reproducing the problem you're seeing, but I can't make it happen
here with PPT 2000 and Excel 2000. Nuts.

In fact, I can't even make the font color change when I paste special into a
placeholder! So unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happening there.

One thing you might try, and I think someone else already suggested it,
too -- select the pasted picture, and on the picture toolbar, select Recolor
Picture. You will have options to reset that black text to another color.

Hopefully that will serve as a workaround, anyway. If you want to email a
page or two of your workbook and one sample slide, I'm happy to take a
closer look at your specifics this evening. If you do email the files,
please add a reminder of what's happening and which versions of PPT and
Excel you're using. You'll need to remove the UGHSPAM from my email address.

Echo

[email protected] said:
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste icon on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



[email protected] said:
Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
-----Original Message-----
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are
pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform
with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting text,
not a picture.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"(e-mail address removed)"
message Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting
the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the
rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000


.
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Dear Echo, Thank for your help. We think the problem may
be with windows xp, It seems to work on windows 98 okay.
Thank you for taking the time to help me, I really
appreciate it. Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks for that additional information, rmacneil.

I've tried reproducing the problem you're seeing, but I can't make it happen
here with PPT 2000 and Excel 2000. Nuts.

In fact, I can't even make the font color change when I paste special into a
placeholder! So unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happening there.

One thing you might try, and I think someone else already suggested it,
too -- select the pasted picture, and on the picture toolbar, select Recolor
Picture. You will have options to reset that black text to another color.

Hopefully that will serve as a workaround, anyway. If you want to email a
page or two of your workbook and one sample slide, I'm happy to take a
closer look at your specifics this evening. If you do email the files,
please add a reminder of what's happening and which versions of PPT and
Excel you're using. You'll need to remove the UGHSPAM from my email address.

Echo

"(e-mail address removed)"
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message news:[email protected]...
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste
Click to expand...
icon
on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



(e-mail address removed) wrote:

Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
-----Original Message-----
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are
pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform
with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting text,
not a picture.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"(e-mail address removed)"
message [email protected]...
Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting
the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the
rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000


.

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Dear Echo, Thank for your help. We think the problem may
be with windows xp, It seems to work on windows 98 okay.
Thank you for taking the time to help me, I really
appreciate it. Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks for that additional information, rmacneil.

I've tried reproducing the problem you're seeing, but I can't make it happen
here with PPT 2000 and Excel 2000. Nuts.

In fact, I can't even make the font color change when I paste special into a
placeholder! So unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happening there.

One thing you might try, and I think someone else already suggested it,
too -- select the pasted picture, and on the picture toolbar, select Recolor
Picture. You will have options to reset that black text to another color.

Hopefully that will serve as a workaround, anyway. If you want to email a
page or two of your workbook and one sample slide, I'm happy to take a
closer look at your specifics this evening. If you do email the files,
please add a reminder of what's happening and which versions of PPT and
Excel you're using. You'll need to remove the UGHSPAM from my email address.

Echo

"(e-mail address removed)"
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message news:[email protected]...
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste
Click to expand...
icon
on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



(e-mail address removed) wrote:

Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
-----Original Message-----
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are
pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform
with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting text,
not a picture.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"(e-mail address removed)"
message [email protected]...
Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting
the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the
rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000


.

.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


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Click to expand...
 
Dear Echo, Thank for your help. We think the problem may
be with windows xp, It seems to work on windows 98 okay.
Thank you for taking the time to help me, I really
appreciate it. Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks for that additional information, rmacneil.

I've tried reproducing the problem you're seeing, but I can't make it happen
here with PPT 2000 and Excel 2000. Nuts.

In fact, I can't even make the font color change when I paste special into a
placeholder! So unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happening there.

One thing you might try, and I think someone else already suggested it,
too -- select the pasted picture, and on the picture toolbar, select Recolor
Picture. You will have options to reset that black text to another color.

Hopefully that will serve as a workaround, anyway. If you want to email a
page or two of your workbook and one sample slide, I'm happy to take a
closer look at your specifics this evening. If you do email the files,
please add a reminder of what's happening and which versions of PPT and
Excel you're using. You'll need to remove the UGHSPAM from my email address.

Echo

"(e-mail address removed)"
Click to expand...
message news:[email protected]...
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste
Click to expand...
icon
on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



(e-mail address removed) wrote:

Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
-----Original Message-----
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are
pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform
with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting text,
not a picture.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"(e-mail address removed)"
message [email protected]...
Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting
the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the
rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000


.

.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


.
Click to expand...
 
Dear Echo, Thank for your help. We think the problem may
be with windows xp, It seems to work on windows 98 okay.
Thank you for taking the time to help me, I really
appreciate it. Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks for that additional information, rmacneil.

I've tried reproducing the problem you're seeing, but I can't make it happen
here with PPT 2000 and Excel 2000. Nuts.

In fact, I can't even make the font color change when I paste special into a
placeholder! So unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happening there.

One thing you might try, and I think someone else already suggested it,
too -- select the pasted picture, and on the picture toolbar, select Recolor
Picture. You will have options to reset that black text to another color.

Hopefully that will serve as a workaround, anyway. If you want to email a
page or two of your workbook and one sample slide, I'm happy to take a
closer look at your specifics this evening. If you do email the files,
please add a reminder of what's happening and which versions of PPT and
Excel you're using. You'll need to remove the UGHSPAM from my email address.

Echo

"(e-mail address removed)"
Click to expand...
message news:[email protected]...
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there? Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste
Click to expand...
icon
on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



(e-mail address removed) wrote:

Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
-----Original Message-----
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are
pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform
with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting text,
not a picture.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"(e-mail address removed)"
message [email protected]...
Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting
the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the
rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000


.

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Hello,

It sounds like you are running into Excel's default behavior of placing
data on the clipboard formatted for how it would print from Excel (not how
it appears on the screen) and if your default printer is not a color
printer the clipboard image is in black and white.

There are at least two workarounds to this.

If OLE interactivty with Excel is not important (a static image is
sufficient), do the following:

In Excel:
1) While holding down the SHIFT key: Edit -> Copy Picture.... select "As
shown on screen" and choose between Bitmap or Picture depending on how you
will be using the picture in PowerPoint (and whether a raster or vector
image is best for your particular needs).

In PowerPoint
2) Paste

If OLE interactivity with Excel IS important to you (you want to be able to
double-click on object in PowerPoint to make changes to worksheet):

In Excel:
1) File -> Print...
2) Select a color printer from list of printers at top of dialog (color
printer driver should be installed first.. you don't actually have to have
the printer)
3) Click the "Close" button
4) Edit -> Copy

In PowerPoint
5) Paste

John Langhans

Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm
 
I'll take a look on my WinXP machine this evening and see if I can repro the
behavior there, then.

Echo

Dear Echo, Thank for your help. We think the problem may
be with windows xp, It seems to work on windows 98 okay.
Thank you for taking the time to help me, I really
appreciate it. Thanks again.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks for that additional information, rmacneil.

I've tried reproducing the problem you're seeing, but I can't make it happen
here with PPT 2000 and Excel 2000. Nuts.

In fact, I can't even make the font color change when I paste special into a
placeholder! So unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happening there.

One thing you might try, and I think someone else already suggested it,
too -- select the pasted picture, and on the picture toolbar, select Recolor
Picture. You will have options to reset that black text to another color.

Hopefully that will serve as a workaround, anyway. If you want to email a
page or two of your workbook and one sample slide, I'm happy to take a
closer look at your specifics this evening. If you do email the files,
please add a reminder of what's happening and which versions of PPT and
Excel you're using. You'll need to remove the UGHSPAM from my email address.

Echo

"(e-mail address removed)"
Click to expand...
message news:[email protected]...
Hello, I copy the range out of excel, go to pp and past
special, past as picture or picture(enchanced metafile. I
cannot understand what I am doing wrong. It is driving me
crazy. I tried pasting as a bitmap which works but the
data is not as crisp. any help would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you for listing.
-----Original Message-----
Can you tell us, step by step, how you're pasting? Are
you using
Edit/Paste Special? If so, what are you choosing there?
Are you also
choosing Paste Link, or are you choosing the simple
paste? Or are you
just using Edit/Paste or CTRL+V or hitting the Paste icon
on the
toolbar?

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com



(e-mail address removed) wrote:

Hi, I am pasting from excel. My background color is
okay,
but the font changes to black. I have set up the rows as
red, white and blue. I have done this a hundred times
before and had no trouble. I can't figure out what I am
doing wrong. Thank you for answering my request.
-----Original Message-----
What are you pasting from? Are you sure that you are
pasting as a picture?
It sounds like the text is being reformatted to conform
with the PowerPoint
settings, which would indicate that you are pasting
text,
not a picture.
--
Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/

"(e-mail address removed)"
message [email protected]...
Hi,
I am doing a powerpoint presentation and I am pasting
the
data as a picture (to keep size of file down) but the
rows
I have in read change to black. Any help would be
really
appreciated. I am using Powerpoint 2000


.

.
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Hello John,

I didn't believe it would work, but I changed to a color
printer and it worked. Thank you so much. This community
group is great. Again thank you, you saved me a lot of
time.
Hello,
 
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