When PP files opened, text converts to typographic symbols

I am a new PP 2007 user with Windows XP Home. I have successfully created
several presentations on my desktop, which work perfectly, but when I
transfer them to my laptop with my flash drive, the text presents itself as
typographic symbols. This doesn't happen when I open them directly from the
flash drive when plugged into my desktop. Presumably I need to change a PP
or Windows XP setting on my laptop?

Please help.

Thanks.

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DavidP

Is the font you used to create the presentation also on your laptop?

"DavidP" wrote:

I am a new PP 2007 user with Windows XP Home. I have successfully created
several presentations on my desktop, which work perfectly, but when I
transfer them to my laptop with my flash drive, the text presents itself as
typographic symbols. This doesn't happen when I open them directly from the
flash drive when plugged into my desktop. Presumably I need to change a PP
or Windows XP setting on my laptop?

Please help.

Thanks.

--
DavidP

What font did you use to create the presentation. It could be that it's
missing on the laptop.

Another possible issue is that your laptop doesn't have local printer
drivers, only ones on the network. PPT 2007 doesn't like that. So try this:

How to install a local printer driver
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00605.htm

If the printer driver is what fixes the problem, I'd love to get some system
information from you to help troubleshoot this for future users.

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"DavidP" wrote in message
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I am a new PP 2007 user with Windows XP Home. I have successfully
created
several presentations on my desktop, which work perfectly, but when I
transfer them to my laptop with my flash drive, the text presents itself
as
typographic symbols. This doesn't happen when I open them directly from
the
flash drive when plugged into my desktop. Presumably I need to change a
PP
or Windows XP setting on my laptop?

Please help.

Thanks.

--
DavidP

DavidP wrote:
I am a new PP 2007 user with Windows XP Home. I have successfully
created several presentations on my desktop, which work perfectly,
but when I transfer them to my laptop with my flash drive, the text
presents itself as typographic symbols. This doesn't happen when I
open them directly from the flash drive when plugged into my desktop.
Presumably I need to change a PP or Windows XP setting on my laptop?

David, which fonts did you use on your desktop? Do you have the same fonts
on your laptop? If not, you can embed the fonts when saving the
presentation. In the "Save as"-dialog click on "Tools / Save Options" and
activate "Embend fonts in the file".

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Mit vielen Grüßen
Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de

Thank you everyone for your advice. Yes, it was the missing font.

The presentations were for the Tate Gallery in London using their special
font - TateRegular. The font was not in my fonts folders (to the naked eye)
but the Tate had sent me a template which used the font. It worked for the
presentations on my desktop but not, for reasons I still don't undertand, on
my laptop.

Because of your answers, Sandy and Echo (sorry Pia, didn't see yours till
afterwards) I spoke to the Tate and they emailed me the font. I installed it
on both computers and the laptop now shows the text properly.

Before all that, I had checked Echo's suggestion re. the printer driver on
the laptop. It was functioning perfectly. It was the default and I printed
out a test page. But the font still emerged as typographic symbols.

Thank you all again for your help. My headache has disappeared. Much relief.
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DavidP


"Pia Bork" wrote:

DavidP wrote:
I am a new PP 2007 user with Windows XP Home. I have successfully
created several presentations on my desktop, which work perfectly,
but when I transfer them to my laptop with my flash drive, the text
presents itself as typographic symbols. This doesn't happen when I
open them directly from the flash drive when plugged into my desktop.
Presumably I need to change a PP or Windows XP setting on my laptop?

David, which fonts did you use on your desktop? Do you have the same fonts
on your laptop? If not, you can embed the fonts when saving the
presentation. In the "Save as"-dialog click on "Tools / Save Options" and
activate "Embend fonts in the file".

--
Mit vielen Grüßen
Pia Bork

MVP PowerPoint
http://www.ppt-faq.de

Glad you found the answer. To clear up one last bit, perhaps:

The presentations were for the Tate Gallery in London using their special
font - TateRegular. The font was not in my fonts folders (to the naked eye)
but the Tate had sent me a template which used the font. It worked for the
presentations on my desktop but not, for reasons I still don't undertand, on
my laptop.

You may've had TateRegular installed on the desktop but not on the laptop, but I
gather not.

But you probably have a different mix of fonts on the two computers. When a
needed font is missing, PowerPoint/Windows will substitute what they deem the
next best thing, given the available set of fonts on the computer.

It's possible that a fairly reasonable substitute was available on the desktop,
so while the presentation didn't appear in the correct font, it at least looked
reasonable, where on the laptop, an adequate substitute wasn't available and you
got ... what you got. Urk.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Thanks, Steve. I had noticed that the font on my desktop presentations
looked a bit different after I had installed the Tate's font. Probably for
the reason you give. Very grateful.

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DavidP


"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

Glad you found the answer. To clear up one last bit, perhaps:

The presentations were for the Tate Gallery in London using their special
font - TateRegular. The font was not in my fonts folders (to the naked eye)
but the Tate had sent me a template which used the font. It worked for the
presentations on my desktop but not, for reasons I still don't undertand, on
my laptop.

You may've had TateRegular installed on the desktop but not on the laptop, but I
gather not.

But you probably have a different mix of fonts on the two computers. When a
needed font is missing, PowerPoint/Windows will substitute what they deem the
next best thing, given the available set of fonts on the computer.

It's possible that a fairly reasonable substitute was available on the desktop,
so while the presentation didn't appear in the correct font, it at least looked
reasonable, where on the laptop, an adequate substitute wasn't available and you
got ... what you got. Urk.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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