Fonts have disappeared

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My fonts have disappeared from the font box on PowerPoint. They are still
visible on my other Office applications. When I change a font in PowerPoint I
have to type it in. It is the same with the resizing. No options for resizing
of foonts is available, but I can change letter sizes by typing in new ones.
I have uninstalled and re-installed a few times, but the problem remains.
What should I do?
 
Pretty hard to give a decent reply without knowing the version of PowerPoint
your using. You might want to try from within PowerPoint under help Detect
and Repair
 
Do you have a local printer installed?

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Thanks for replying. I have Office XP Professional 2002 installed. I tried
the detect and repair option, but this did not help.

Werner
 
This will sound strange, but have you rebooted recently?

A couple of other possibilites (both long-shots):

Close PPT. Then find and delete your *.PCB file. This is your PPT toolbars,
and PPT will regenerate it when you start it up again. You will lose any
toolbar customizations you have made.

Do you have any add-ins installed? It's possible one is conflicting,
although I know I haven't heard of anything with this specfic symptom.

What add-ins are loaded?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00655.htm

If you find any, I'd try uninstalling/disabling them and seeing if that
resolves the issue.
 
I cannot find the *.PCB file. I have rebooted many times over and there were
no add-ins installed at the time when the problem started to occur.


Echo S said:
This will sound strange, but have you rebooted recently?

A couple of other possibilites (both long-shots):

Close PPT. Then find and delete your *.PCB file. This is your PPT toolbars,
and PPT will regenerate it when you start it up again. You will lose any
toolbar customizations you have made.

Do you have any add-ins installed? It's possible one is conflicting,
although I know I haven't heard of anything with this specfic symptom.

What add-ins are loaded?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00655.htm

If you find any, I'd try uninstalling/disabling them and seeing if that
resolves the issue.

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Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Werner said:
My fonts have disappeared from the font box on PowerPoint. They are still
visible on my other Office applications. When I change a font in
PowerPoint I
have to type it in. It is the same with the resizing. No options for
resizing
of foonts is available, but I can change letter sizes by typing in new
ones.
I have uninstalled and re-installed a few times, but the problem remains.
What should I do?
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If you aren't finding the PCB files, then you might not have view hidden
files and folders turned on in Explorer. Check out this entry in the PPT FAQ
fro some ideas:
Make Windows show file extensions and hidden files
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00781.htm

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Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP OneNote and PowerPoint
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint and OneNote information at www.onppt.com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

Werner said:
I cannot find the *.PCB file. I have rebooted many times over and there
were
no add-ins installed at the time when the problem started to occur.


Echo S said:
This will sound strange, but have you rebooted recently?

A couple of other possibilites (both long-shots):

Close PPT. Then find and delete your *.PCB file. This is your PPT
toolbars,
and PPT will regenerate it when you start it up again. You will lose any
toolbar customizations you have made.

Do you have any add-ins installed? It's possible one is conflicting,
although I know I haven't heard of anything with this specfic symptom.

What add-ins are loaded?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00655.htm

If you find any, I'd try uninstalling/disabling them and seeing if that
resolves the issue.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/

Werner said:
My fonts have disappeared from the font box on PowerPoint. They are
still
visible on my other Office applications. When I change a font in
PowerPoint I
have to type it in. It is the same with the resizing. No options for
resizing
of foonts is available, but I can change letter sizes by typing in new
ones.
I have uninstalled and re-installed a few times, but the problem
remains.
What should I do?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Werner said:
I cannot find the *.PCB file.
Click to expand...

Make sure you're telling the search to look at hidden files and system
folders and search subfolders.
I have rebooted many times over
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Okay, thanks for confirming.
and there were
no add-ins installed at the time when the problem started to occur.
Click to expand...

Please run the code or the utility from the FAQ and let us know if it finds
any add-ins. There are a number of programs (especially various Office-wide
utilities) that install PPT add-ins, and you may have forgotten or not even
be aware they did so.
 
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