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Cathy C
When I open a slide presentation in PPT 2002, it defaults to Grayscale. How
can I change that to color?
can I change that to color?
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Sonia
Does this happen to every presentation, or does it only happen with
presentations created with a specific template? If the latter, open
PowerPoint, open the template, go to View > Master > Slide Master and change
the view to Color. Save the template as Design Template (*.POT) and then
close it. Open your presentation and re-apply the template. Save the
presentation and close it. Re-open the presentation and it should open in
Color view.
presentations created with a specific template? If the latter, open
PowerPoint, open the template, go to View > Master > Slide Master and change
the view to Color. Save the template as Design Template (*.POT) and then
close it. Open your presentation and re-apply the template. Save the
presentation and close it. Re-open the presentation and it should open in
Color view.
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Cathy C
Wow! This solved a multitude of problems! After making this change, PPT
isn't crashing on this presentation and it's defaulting to Color! Plus, the
problem I was having with the display in Windows Updates (being too small)
and in Office Updates (being too large) was fixed. I was about to spend a
lot of time uninstalling and reinstalling.
Thanks so much!
Cathy
isn't crashing on this presentation and it's defaulting to Color! Plus, the
problem I was having with the display in Windows Updates (being too small)
and in Office Updates (being too large) was fixed. I was about to spend a
lot of time uninstalling and reinstalling.
Thanks so much!
Cathy
ended up in "high contrast" mode, and that defaults PPT files to B/W.Echo S said:Check in your Windows Accessibility options. Believe it or not, you've
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Cathy C said:When I open a slide presentation in PPT 2002, it defaults to Grayscale. How
can I change that to color?
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Guest
Woohoo! Thanks for letting us know it worked.
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Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
Cathy C said:Wow! This solved a multitude of problems! After making this change, PPT
isn't crashing on this presentation and it's defaulting to Color! Plus, the
problem I was having with the display in Windows Updates (being too small)
and in Office Updates (being too large) was fixed. I was about to spend a
lot of time uninstalling and reinstalling.
Thanks so much!
Cathy
ended up in "high contrast" mode, and that defaults PPT files to B/W.Echo S said:Check in your Windows Accessibility options. Believe it or not, you've--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
Cathy C said:When I open a slide presentation in PPT 2002, it defaults to Grayscale. How
can I change that to color?
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Steve Rindsberg
Woohoo! Thanks for letting us know it worked.
Good catch. This one seems to have cropped up a lot lately. I got to
wondering how one could inadvertently pop into High Contrast mode ...
It seems Windows sets up Alt+Shift+PrintScreen as a shortcut key to activate
this by default. I can see where you could press that by accident quite
easily.
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Sonia
When you press Alt + Shift + PrintScreen, you should get a dialog box that
explains the key combo function. Then you can:
1. Click on Settings.
2. Accessibility Options pops up. Click on the Display tab.
3. Click the Settings button .
4. Uncheck the "Use shortcut" box in the "Settings for High Contrast"
dialog.
That way, you won't have to worry about accidentally tripping over it again.
To turn it back on, go to Start > Control Panel > Accessibility Options and
click on the Display tab, click on the Settings button and check the "Use
shortcut" box.
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explains the key combo function. Then you can:
1. Click on Settings.
2. Accessibility Options pops up. Click on the Display tab.
3. Click the Settings button .
4. Uncheck the "Use shortcut" box in the "Settings for High Contrast"
dialog.
That way, you won't have to worry about accidentally tripping over it again.
To turn it back on, go to Start > Control Panel > Accessibility Options and
click on the Display tab, click on the Settings button and check the "Use
shortcut" box.
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Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/
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Steve Rindsberg
When you press Alt + Shift + PrintScreen, you should get a dialog box that
explains the key combo function. Then you can:
1. Click on Settings.
2. Accessibility Options pops up. Click on the Display tab.
3. Click the Settings button .
4. Uncheck the "Use shortcut" box in the "Settings for High Contrast"
dialog.
That way, you won't have to worry about accidentally tripping over it again.
To turn it back on, go to Start > Control Panel > Accessibility Options and
click on the Display tab, click on the Settings button and check the "Use
shortcut" box.
Or use the latter route to turn it off in the first place. Yup.
I was just curious as to how it got invoked so easily in the first place w/o
the user being aware of it. Lots of people will automatically click OK to get
any unexpected dialog box out of their face. Which helps explain why virus
writers have such an easy time of it. ;-)
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Sonia
There's probably a good home for this info in the FAQ someplace. <BBG>
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Steve Rindsberg
There's probably a good home for this info in the FAQ someplace. <BBG>
Sold.
PowerPoint displays a presentation in B/W, won't show it in color
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00607.htm
It's not in the index yet, but it's up.
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Guest
Cool, thanks.
But is this part right?
If some presentatations appear in color and some don't, the ones that don't are probably set to Black and White view.
To put a little color back into your life:
PowerPoint 97 and 2000: Click Black and White on the View menu
Wouldn't you click View/something-other-than-black-and-white? Or does clicking View/B-W toggle it off?
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presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
But is this part right?
If some presentatations appear in color and some don't, the ones that don't are probably set to Black and White view.
To put a little color back into your life:
PowerPoint 97 and 2000: Click Black and White on the View menu
Wouldn't you click View/something-other-than-black-and-white? Or does clicking View/B-W toggle it off?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
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Sonia
In PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 the selection on the View menu is
"Color/Grayscale" with a sub-menu. In 97 and 2000 it is "Black and White",
which toggles and has no sub-menu.
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"Color/Grayscale" with a sub-menu. In 97 and 2000 it is "Black and White",
which toggles and has no sub-menu.
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Sonia, MS PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun CD software, templates, and tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com/
don't are probably set to Black and White view.Echo S said:Cool, thanks.
But is this part right?
If some presentatations appear in color and some don't, the ones that
clicking View/B-W toggle it off?To put a little color back into your life:
PowerPoint 97 and 2000: Click Black and White on the View menu
Wouldn't you click View/something-other-than-black-and-white? Or does
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
Sold.
PowerPoint displays a presentation in B/W, won't show it in color
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00607.htm
It's not in the index yet, but it's up.
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Steve Rindsberg
Wouldn't you click View/something-other-than-black-and-white? Or does clicking View/B-W toggle it off?
Tis a Toggle, Toots. <g>
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