Problem: textboxbackground changes into white!

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Bart Eenkhoorn

L.S.
I wonder who could help me with the following problem:
- working with XPSP2 and ppt2003 with about 140 slides, all text-box
backgrounds turn white!. I cannot undo this with cntr-Z or restore the old
background color any other way. Does this sound familiar?
Thanks in advance for any help or advice offered.
Bart.
 
L.S.
I wonder who could help me with the following problem:
- working with XPSP2 and ppt2003 with about 140 slides, all text-box
backgrounds turn white!.
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When you do what? When you say "turn white" and "old background color" it
suggests that they're some other color to start?

I cannot undo this with cntr-Z or restore the old
 
Hello Steve,

Thanks for replying,
you said:
When you do what? When you say "turn white" and "old background color" it
suggests that they're some other color to start?
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Yes, I have all my text-boxes set to "no fill color" (sorry, I have to guess
here what the english is saying because I use french) and the border-line to
'no line'. So the color that is visible is the colors/texture of the master
in the background.
Twice now, all my text-boxes changed to fill-color-white, and
border-color-black. In a 100+ slides presentation this means many many
clicks to change all this back to "no fill color" and 'no line'.

Any ideas or advice will be valued.

Bart
 
Hi Bart,
Yes, I have all my text-boxes set to "no fill color" (sorry, I have to guess
here what the english is saying because I use french) and the border-line to
'no line'. So the color that is visible is the colors/texture of the master
in the background.
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OK. And by the way, we have several French-speakers here so if you'd like, use
both the French technical terms and your guess at the English version. If it's
not quite right, somebody can translate.
Twice now, all my text-boxes changed to fill-color-white, and
border-color-black. In a 100+ slides presentation this means many many
clicks to change all this back to "no fill color" and 'no line'.
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What version of PowerPoint is this?

Is there any chance that you're in B/W view? From the main menu, choose View,
Color/Grayscale, Color to make sure you're in Color view.

Does this change happen when you open one of these files or later while you're
working on them? Does it happen to all files or just some of them?
 
Hi Steve,
I think what Bart is trying to communicate is that then when one goes to
type in the text box it goes to white what so you can not see what you are
typing since your text is white. You have to blindly type and hope you
spelled everything correctly. Do the old click outside the box, review, etc.
I am having the same problem and can not fix it.
Any advice for the two of us?
Samantha
 
Sbidwell479 said:
Hi Steve,
I think what Bart is trying to communicate is that then when one goes to
type in the text box it goes to white what so you can not see what you are
typing since your text is white. You have to blindly type and hope you
spelled everything correctly. Do the old click outside the box, review, etc.
I am having the same problem and can not fix it.
Any advice for the two of us?
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If that's the case, have a look here:

Text disappears when I edit it
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00285.htm
 
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