grey line through notes section?

Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the top left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This is happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing this? Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

Could you send just one of the slides? I would be happy to look at it. My
email is sonia @ soniacoleman dot com.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

Also, while in Notes Page view, i can't edit or do anything to the notes text box.

M.

"Marianne" wrote:

Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the top left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This is happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing this? Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

Is this only happening with one presentation? What version of PowerPoint are
you using? Can you add notes in the Notes Pane?

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Also, while in Notes Page view, i can't edit or do anything to the notes text
box.

M.

"Marianne" wrote:

Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

Thanks for sending me the slide, Marianne. I can't tell you how it got there,
but I can tell you how to get rid of it as just a test. Go to View Notes Page
and then to Format Notes Layout and check the box that says "Reapply Master".

The line is strange. If I select the Placeholder (in Notes Page View) and then
go to Format Autoshape (I shouldn't be able to choose Autoshape - - it should
say Placeholder), there is a light gray-blue color setting applied to Line
Color. If I set it to no line, it goes away, or rather it becomes invisible.
Somehow the Placeholder is not being recognized as a Placeholder. I don't know
what the history is for this presentation, but something is wonky and I
suspect that something has become corrupted.

I recommend the following if you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003:

Open PowerPoint, go to File New, go to Insert Slides from File and locate
your presentation, select all of the slides and check the box that says "Keep
Source Formatting". Then save the presentation to a new name. That will clean
out the problem.

If you are using an earlier version of PowerPoint you can do the same as above,
but you'll have to reapply your template after inserting the slides.

This is a case where we could have guessed at what the problem was until the
cows come home and we probably never would have been able to give you any useful
help. Thanks for letting me get my hands on the slide so that I could actually
see it.

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

I forgot to mention why I think you should start with a new file and import the
slides. It's possible that the line is totally harmless and you could just
reapply the Notes Page layout and never have a problem. On the other hand, if
the presentation is starting to get corrupted, now is the time to clean it out.
I would also recommend using the free Sequential Save add-in
(http://www.mvps.org/skp/seqsave.htm), which always creates a backup when you do
a File Save. Then you'll always be able to revert to a previous version if
something happens to your current version.

"Sonia" wrote in message
...
Thanks for sending me the slide, Marianne. I can't tell you how it got there,
but I can tell you how to get rid of it as just a test. Go to View Notes
Page
and then to Format Notes Layout and check the box that says "Reapply
Master".

The line is strange. If I select the Placeholder (in Notes Page View) and
then
go to Format Autoshape (I shouldn't be able to choose Autoshape - - it
should
say Placeholder), there is a light gray-blue color setting applied to Line
Color. If I set it to no line, it goes away, or rather it becomes invisible.
Somehow the Placeholder is not being recognized as a Placeholder. I don't
know
what the history is for this presentation, but something is wonky and I
suspect that something has become corrupted.

I recommend the following if you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003:

Open PowerPoint, go to File New, go to Insert Slides from File and locate
your presentation, select all of the slides and check the box that says "Keep
Source Formatting". Then save the presentation to a new name. That will
clean
out the problem.

If you are using an earlier version of PowerPoint you can do the same as
above,
but you'll have to reapply your template after inserting the slides.

This is a case where we could have guessed at what the problem was until the
cows come home and we probably never would have been able to give you any
useful
help. Thanks for letting me get my hands on the slide so that I could
actually
see it.

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the
top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This
is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing
this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

Hi Sonia -

So far this has happened to only one of my presentations. I'm on windows 2000 and using the PP 2000. In the notes pane, I can add notes, butin notes page view I can't. Thanks again for your help! Marianne

"Sonia" wrote:

Is this only happening with one presentation? What version of PowerPoint are
you using? Can you add notes in the Notes Pane?

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Also, while in Notes Page view, i can't edit or do anything to the notes text
box.

M.

"Marianne" wrote:

Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from the top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only. This is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's causing this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

(Sonia has me intrigued, so I'm messing around with the notes too.)

Question for you Marianne: Has this presentation been touched by anyone
other than you (I'm guessing yes)? And were they on the same set up as you
were, or were they on a different set up?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Featured Presenter at PPT 2004 - http://www.pptlive.com

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

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Hi Sonia -

So far this has happened to only one of my presentations. I'm on windows
2000 and using the PP 2000. In the notes pane, I can add notes, butin notes
page view I can't. Thanks again for your help! Marianne

"Sonia" wrote:

Is this only happening with one presentation? What version of
PowerPoint are
you using? Can you add notes in the Notes Pane?

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Also, while in Notes Page view, i can't edit or do anything to the
notes text
box.

M.

"Marianne" wrote:

Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page
view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from
the top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only.
This is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there
in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's
causing this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.

Hi Kathy -

Well, actually, I did the presentation here at work and then did some on my boyfriends computer...We are on windows 2000, pp 2000 and he has millenium with pp 2002... hmmm maybe this going back and forth caused the problem.. didn't even dawn on me, when I was doing it that different environments could possible cause a problem.

Marianne


"Kathy J" wrote:

(Sonia has me intrigued, so I'm messing around with the notes too.)

Question for you Marianne: Has this presentation been touched by anyone
other than you (I'm guessing yes)? And were they on the same set up as you
were, or were they on a different set up?

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Featured Presenter at PPT 2004 - http://www.pptlive.com

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

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Hi Sonia -

So far this has happened to only one of my presentations. I'm on windows
2000 and using the PP 2000. In the notes pane, I can add notes, butin notes
page view I can't. Thanks again for your help! Marianne

"Sonia" wrote:

Is this only happening with one presentation? What version of
PowerPoint are
you using? Can you add notes in the Notes Pane?

"Marianne" wrote in message
...
Also, while in Notes Page view, i can't edit or do anything to the
notes text
box.

M.

"Marianne" wrote:

Hi All -

I'm in encountering this weird problem. When I go into Notes Page
view, in
the Notes text box there is a light grey line that goes diagonally from
the top
left hand corner to the bottm right hand corner of the notes box only.
This is
happning on all the pages Now, When I view the Master Notes Page there
in no
grey line. I can't delete it. Does anyone have an idea of what's
causing this?
Howcan I fix this? As Always, any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

M.