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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
Hi, I'd appreciate any help with the following problem.
I'm typing up some slides using Palatino Linotype (henceforth, PL) as my font. But when I use the section sign ('§'), it switches to Arial and refuses to be switched back to PL. Here's a vivid way of appreciating the problem. I type Alt-0165 and get a nice yen sign in PL, and then Alt-0166 and a broken bar in PL, but then Alt-0167 and the section sign is inexplicably in Arial. The diaresis (Alt-0168) is also in Arial, but then the copyright sign (Alt-1069) is in PL. Or alternatively: I click Insert Symbol, and insert the same characters I just mentioned: yen sign in PL, broken bar in PL, but then section sign and diaresis in Arial, and then copyright sign in PL. I'm doing the same thing with each character, it's just that some of them go into Arial for unknown reasons. All I want is a section sign in Palatino Linotype. I can do this in Microsoft Word, and also in Wordpad, and even in Notepad! But Powerpoint simply refuses. (It's not that Palatino Linotype lacks the section sign; it's that Powerpoint rejects it) FYI: The same problem arises for Palatino. Also FYI: the 'Arial switch' starts occurring again later, 18 characters into Latin Extended-A. Palatino Linotype works fine up to and including the Croatian lower-case d with a stroke. But from the next character on, Arial shows up and forces itself upon you. And finally: when my slide is bereft of text, Arial is listed as the font; but when I type my first character, it switches to Palatino Linotype. I have no idea why this happens. I want nothing to do with Arial. |
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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
Just for info I'm using 2003 SP2 and I dont get this in either PL or PL
linotype alt 167 in either gives me a section sign in that font -- Did that answer the question / help? _____________________________ John Wilson Microsoft Certified Office Specialist http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html " wrote: Hi, I'd appreciate any help with the following problem. I'm typing up some slides using Palatino Linotype (henceforth, PL) as my font. But when I use the section sign ('§'), it switches to Arial and refuses to be switched back to PL. Here's a vivid way of appreciating the problem. I type Alt-0165 and get a nice yen sign in PL, and then Alt-0166 and a broken bar in PL, but then Alt-0167 and the section sign is inexplicably in Arial. The diaresis (Alt-0168) is also in Arial, but then the copyright sign (Alt-1069) is in PL. Or alternatively: I click Insert Symbol, and insert the same characters I just mentioned: yen sign in PL, broken bar in PL, but then section sign and diaresis in Arial, and then copyright sign in PL. I'm doing the same thing with each character, it's just that some of them go into Arial for unknown reasons. All I want is a section sign in Palatino Linotype. I can do this in Microsoft Word, and also in Wordpad, and even in Notepad! But Powerpoint simply refuses. (It's not that Palatino Linotype lacks the section sign; it's that Powerpoint rejects it) FYI: The same problem arises for Palatino. Also FYI: the 'Arial switch' starts occurring again later, 18 characters into Latin Extended-A. Palatino Linotype works fine up to and including the Croatian lower-case d with a stroke. But from the next character on, Arial shows up and forces itself upon you. And finally: when my slide is bereft of text, Arial is listed as the font; but when I type my first character, it switches to Palatino Linotype. I have no idea why this happens. I want nothing to do with Arial. |
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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
As with John, I'm not seeing this here in PL on PPT 2003/SP2.
If you have a different version, mention that and perhaps one of us can check. Meanwhile, let's test another theory. You mention that (I'm summarizing here; stop me if I get it wrong) when no text is selected, you see Arial in the font dropdown but when you start typing in the text placeholders the text becomes PL. Try this: With nothing selected and the font dropdown showing Arial, change the font to PL. See if that helps. In article . com, wrote: Hi, I'd appreciate any help with the following problem. I'm typing up some slides using Palatino Linotype (henceforth, PL) as my font. But when I use the section sign ('§'), it switches to Arial and refuses to be switched back to PL. Here's a vivid way of appreciating the problem. I type Alt-0165 and get a nice yen sign in PL, and then Alt-0166 and a broken bar in PL, but then Alt-0167 and the section sign is inexplicably in Arial. The diaresis (Alt-0168) is also in Arial, but then the copyright sign (Alt-1069) is in PL. Or alternatively: I click Insert Symbol, and insert the same characters I just mentioned: yen sign in PL, broken bar in PL, but then section sign and diaresis in Arial, and then copyright sign in PL. I'm doing the same thing with each character, it's just that some of them go into Arial for unknown reasons. All I want is a section sign in Palatino Linotype. I can do this in Microsoft Word, and also in Wordpad, and even in Notepad! But Powerpoint simply refuses. (It's not that Palatino Linotype lacks the section sign; it's that Powerpoint rejects it) FYI: The same problem arises for Palatino. Also FYI: the 'Arial switch' starts occurring again later, 18 characters into Latin Extended-A. Palatino Linotype works fine up to and including the Croatian lower-case d with a stroke. But from the next character on, Arial shows up and forces itself upon you. And finally: when my slide is bereft of text, Arial is listed as the font; but when I type my first character, it switches to Palatino Linotype. I have no idea why this happens. I want nothing to do with Arial. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
I have PPT 2002 SP-2.
So I'll leave aside the section sign. Right now the dropdown shows Arial until I click on some PL text at which point it shows PL. I'm using the "Title and Text" layout. When I click on the periphery of the slide (outside the Title and Text dashed rectangles), and then select PL as my font, it does indeed change to PL. There are no problems there. However, if I click on an empty Title rectangle (reading "Click to add title") and then select PL as my font, nothing happens and the dropdown still shows Arial. The same goes for an empty Text rectangle (reading "Click to add text"). This doesn't happen only with PL. It also happens with Garamond and many other fonts (obviously, I haven't tested them all): when I click on a Text or Title rectangle and select (e.g.) Garamond as my font, nothing happens and the dropdown still shows Arial. Of course, despite the fact that the dropdown shows Arial, as soon as I type my first character, it dutifully goes into PL or Garamond or whatever I selected. It remains in the selected font until I 'backspace away' all those characters, at which point it reverts to Arial. Even more bizar There are some fonts where this doesn't happen, e.g. MS Gothic. That is, when I click on a Text or Title rectangle and select MS Gothic as my font, the dropdown now shows MS Gothic just like it's supposed to. But (here's what's bizarre) if I then select Arial, it still shows MS Gothic! Now I can't switch the dropdown back to Arial! Of course, once I select Arial and start typing, it goes into Arial and remains there until I delete all the characters and it reverts to MS Gothic. But if click on a Title or Text rectangle (it shows Arial), and then select MS Gothic, and then select Simsun, it shows Simsun. I can switch the dropdown back and forth between MS Gothic and Simsun without any problem. But when I select Arial, nothing happens to the dropdown. So when you select *some* fonts, they don't show up in the dropdown until you start typing. And when you select *other* fonts, they *do* show up in the dropdown but then prevent you from switching to Arial (of all fonts). I've always had this problem, but it's never been a big deal (until the section sign thing) because it switches when you start typing. Nevertheless, it's very confusing. Steve Rindsberg wrote: As with John, I'm not seeing this here in PL on PPT 2003/SP2. If you have a different version, mention that and perhaps one of us can check. Meanwhile, let's test another theory. You mention that (I'm summarizing here; stop me if I get it wrong) when no text is selected, you see Arial in the font dropdown but when you start typing in the text placeholders the text becomes PL. Try this: With nothing selected and the font dropdown showing Arial, change the font to PL. See if that helps. In article . com, wrote: Hi, I'd appreciate any help with the following problem. I'm typing up some slides using Palatino Linotype (henceforth, PL) as my font. But when I use the section sign ('§'), it switches to Arial and refuses to be switched back to PL. Here's a vivid way of appreciating the problem. I type Alt-0165 and get a nice yen sign in PL, and then Alt-0166 and a broken bar in PL, but then Alt-0167 and the section sign is inexplicably in Arial. The diaresis (Alt-0168) is also in Arial, but then the copyright sign (Alt-1069) is in PL. Or alternatively: I click Insert Symbol, and insert the same characters I just mentioned: yen sign in PL, broken bar in PL, but then section sign and diaresis in Arial, and then copyright sign in PL. I'm doing the same thing with each character, it's just that some of them go into Arial for unknown reasons. All I want is a section sign in Palatino Linotype. I can do this in Microsoft Word, and also in Wordpad, and even in Notepad! But Powerpoint simply refuses. (It's not that Palatino Linotype lacks the section sign; it's that Powerpoint rejects it) FYI: The same problem arises for Palatino. Also FYI: the 'Arial switch' starts occurring again later, 18 characters into Latin Extended-A. Palatino Linotype works fine up to and including the Croatian lower-case d with a stroke. But from the next character on, Arial shows up and forces itself upon you. And finally: when my slide is bereft of text, Arial is listed as the font; but when I type my first character, it switches to Palatino Linotype. I have no idea why this happens. I want nothing to do with Arial. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
And I forgot to say, thanks for your help.
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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
In article . com, wrote:
I have PPT 2002 SP-2. So I'll leave aside the section sign. Right now the dropdown shows Arial until I click on some PL text at which point it shows PL. That's normal. PPT shows you its default font setting that it *will* apply to text in textboxes and other shapes until you actually select some text; at that point it shows you the font the text has actually been set TO. I'm using the "Title and Text" layout. When I click on the periphery of the slide (outside the Title and Text dashed rectangles), and then select PL as my font, it does indeed change to PL. There are no problems there. However, if I click on an empty Title rectangle (reading "Click to add title") and then select PL as my font, nothing happens and the dropdown still shows Arial. The same goes for an empty Text rectangle (reading "Click to add text"). OK, that's where the Bizarre-o-meter starts to bounce against the peg. That's not normal. First thing I'd do is save a copy of the presentation then follow the instructions he HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm See if round-tripping to html and back (and yes, I *do* realize how unlikely it sounds g) makes it behave better. This doesn't happen only with PL. It also happens with Garamond and many other fonts (obviously, I haven't tested them all): when I click on a Text or Title rectangle and select (e.g.) Garamond as my font, nothing happens and the dropdown still shows Arial. Of course, despite the fact that the dropdown shows Arial, as soon as I type my first character, it dutifully goes into PL or Garamond or whatever I selected. It remains in the selected font until I 'backspace away' all those characters, at which point it reverts to Arial. Even more bizar There are some fonts where this doesn't happen, e.g. MS Gothic. That is, when I click on a Text or Title rectangle and select MS Gothic as my font, the dropdown now shows MS Gothic just like it's supposed to. But (here's what's bizarre) if I then select Arial, it still shows MS Gothic! Now I can't switch the dropdown back to Arial! Of course, once I select Arial and start typing, it goes into Arial and remains there until I delete all the characters and it reverts to MS Gothic. But if click on a Title or Text rectangle (it shows Arial), and then select MS Gothic, and then select Simsun, it shows Simsun. I can switch the dropdown back and forth between MS Gothic and Simsun without any problem. But when I select Arial, nothing happens to the dropdown. So when you select *some* fonts, they don't show up in the dropdown until you start typing. And when you select *other* fonts, they *do* show up in the dropdown but then prevent you from switching to Arial (of all fonts). I've always had this problem, but it's never been a big deal (until the section sign thing) because it switches when you start typing. Nevertheless, it's very confusing. Steve Rindsberg wrote: As with John, I'm not seeing this here in PL on PPT 2003/SP2. If you have a different version, mention that and perhaps one of us can check. Meanwhile, let's test another theory. You mention that (I'm summarizing here; stop me if I get it wrong) when no text is selected, you see Arial in the font dropdown but when you start typing in the text placeholders the text becomes PL. Try this: With nothing selected and the font dropdown showing Arial, change the font to PL. See if that helps. In article . com, wrote: Hi, I'd appreciate any help with the following problem. I'm typing up some slides using Palatino Linotype (henceforth, PL) as my font. But when I use the section sign ('§'), it switches to Arial and refuses to be switched back to PL. Here's a vivid way of appreciating the problem. I type Alt-0165 and get a nice yen sign in PL, and then Alt-0166 and a broken bar in PL, but then Alt-0167 and the section sign is inexplicably in Arial. The diaresis (Alt-0168) is also in Arial, but then the copyright sign (Alt-1069) is in PL. Or alternatively: I click Insert Symbol, and insert the same characters I just mentioned: yen sign in PL, broken bar in PL, but then section sign and diaresis in Arial, and then copyright sign in PL. I'm doing the same thing with each character, it's just that some of them go into Arial for unknown reasons. All I want is a section sign in Palatino Linotype. I can do this in Microsoft Word, and also in Wordpad, and even in Notepad! But Powerpoint simply refuses. (It's not that Palatino Linotype lacks the section sign; it's that Powerpoint rejects it) FYI: The same problem arises for Palatino. Also FYI: the 'Arial switch' starts occurring again later, 18 characters into Latin Extended-A. Palatino Linotype works fine up to and including the Croatian lower-case d with a stroke. But from the next character on, Arial shows up and forces itself upon you. And finally: when my slide is bereft of text, Arial is listed as the font; but when I type my first character, it switches to Palatino Linotype. I have no idea why this happens. I want nothing to do with Arial. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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In article .com, wrote:
And I forgot to say, thanks for your help. You're very welcome. Assuming any of the suggestions help, that is. g ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ |
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§ and Palatino Linotype: a bizarre font problem
I also experience the "section-sign" problem, but for several different
symbols, and not restricted to any particular font. I have tried the following on several different machines running PPT XP/2002 and PPT 2003 (SP2), all WinXP, with exactly the same result. Open a new blank presentation (at this point the default font is usually Arial), then insert a text box. In the text box, type (using "Insert|Symbol..." or Alt-0167) a section sign (or, in fact, a diaeresis, plus-minus sign, acute accent, or degree sign), which appears, as it ought to, in Arial. Then select that symbol and choose, say, Times New Roman from the font drop-down on the toolbar (or from "Format|Font..."). On every machine I have tried, nothing happens. The font of the symbol remains Arial and the text in the font drop-down still says Arial. I think it's unconnected to the other problem that you describe, because I haven't noticed that on any of the machines I've tried. |
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