PowerPoint Font Size Problem When Printing

Greetings All:

I'm encountering a very frustrating PowerPoint problem (Version 2003)
that appears related to what many other users have run into, based on
certain posts, but also seems immune to some of the suggested fixes
I've read about.

After creating a presentation, even though everything looks great on
the screen, and the layout looks flawless in Print Preview mode, when I
print handouts (of any variety) the font on certain slides "blows up"
and gets significantly bigger, causing the text to run off the bottom
of the frame and therefore for the handouts to be worthless. I'm using
a Minota Magicolor 2300W printer for what it's worth, but the same
problem occurs printing to Acrobat Distiller, as well, so it doesn't
seem like a printer driver issue to me.

Solutions I've tried that haven't fixed the problem:

-- Disabled all of the AutoFit and AutoCorrect options
-- Checked the "Print TrueType Fonts as Graphics" box in the
Tools/Options/Print Menu
-- Tried copying and pasting slides that actually work and print
correctly, retyping the desired text, and seeing if that resolved the
problem

Despite these attempted fixes, same problem, things look great on the
screen but the font size gets inexplicably increased upon printing.

Any suggestions for other things I might try to resolve this issue?
Having eliminated so many variables that might be causing this problem,
I've got to think there's some minor setting or hidden formatting issue
somewhere that's causing the glitch. And if anybody is REALLY
interested in lending a hand, don't hesitate to e-mail me at
and I can send a sample of the file that's
causing me problems to see if that can help with the troubleshooting...

Thanks!

You did not mention if you had applied all the service patches to your
version of PowerPoint.

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| Greetings All:
|
| I'm encountering a very frustrating PowerPoint problem (Version 2003)
| that appears related to what many other users have run into, based on
| certain posts, but also seems immune to some of the suggested fixes
| I've read about.
|
| After creating a presentation, even though everything looks great on
| the screen, and the layout looks flawless in Print Preview mode, when I
| print handouts (of any variety) the font on certain slides "blows up"
| and gets significantly bigger, causing the text to run off the bottom
| of the frame and therefore for the handouts to be worthless. I'm using
| a Minota Magicolor 2300W printer for what it's worth, but the same
| problem occurs printing to Acrobat Distiller, as well, so it doesn't
| seem like a printer driver issue to me.
|
| Solutions I've tried that haven't fixed the problem:
|
| -- Disabled all of the AutoFit and AutoCorrect options
| -- Checked the "Print TrueType Fonts as Graphics" box in the
| Tools/Options/Print Menu
| -- Tried copying and pasting slides that actually work and print
| correctly, retyping the desired text, and seeing if that resolved the
| problem
|
| Despite these attempted fixes, same problem, things look great on the
| screen but the font size gets inexplicably increased upon printing.
|
| Any suggestions for other things I might try to resolve this issue?
| Having eliminated so many variables that might be causing this problem,
| I've got to think there's some minor setting or hidden formatting issue
| somewhere that's causing the glitch. And if anybody is REALLY
| interested in lending a hand, don't hesitate to e-mail me at
| and I can send a sample of the file that's
| causing me problems to see if that can help with the troubleshooting...
|
| Thanks!
|

I've run into the same problem myself. I've noticed that it occurs only on
the pitches I get from other people; I've never had it occur in a
presentation done from scratch. Most everyone here recycles pitches over and
over again, so a file may actually be years old with any problems along the
way. You might try importing the presentation into a new file. I've also
copied the text (not the text box), deleted the text, and then pasted it back
onto the slide.


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http://www.david-hedison.com


" wrote:

Greetings All:

I'm encountering a very frustrating PowerPoint problem (Version 2003)
that appears related to what many other users have run into, based on
certain posts, but also seems immune to some of the suggested fixes
I've read about.

After creating a presentation, even though everything looks great on
the screen, and the layout looks flawless in Print Preview mode, when I
print handouts (of any variety) the font on certain slides "blows up"
and gets significantly bigger, causing the text to run off the bottom
of the frame and therefore for the handouts to be worthless. I'm using
a Minota Magicolor 2300W printer for what it's worth, but the same
problem occurs printing to Acrobat Distiller, as well, so it doesn't
seem like a printer driver issue to me.

Solutions I've tried that haven't fixed the problem:

-- Disabled all of the AutoFit and AutoCorrect options
-- Checked the "Print TrueType Fonts as Graphics" box in the
Tools/Options/Print Menu
-- Tried copying and pasting slides that actually work and print
correctly, retyping the desired text, and seeing if that resolved the
problem

Despite these attempted fixes, same problem, things look great on the
screen but the font size gets inexplicably increased upon printing.

Any suggestions for other things I might try to resolve this issue?
Having eliminated so many variables that might be causing this problem,
I've got to think there's some minor setting or hidden formatting issue
somewhere that's causing the glitch. And if anybody is REALLY
interested in lending a hand, don't hesitate to e-mail me at
and I can send a sample of the file that's
causing me problems to see if that can help with the troubleshooting...

Thanks!

I have exactly the same problem as Matt has. All our clients are set-up the
same way. We have SP1 installed on PPT 2003. I checked the textboxes on the
Notes of all slides and they already show the same font. I went into Master
View of the Notes and verified that the default on the text box is also set
to Times new Roman 10.
What makes it worse is that on of my colleagues opens the same presentation,
clicks on one of the slides that print a bigger size of font, changes to the
same font (Times new Roman 10) and prints it correctly (different printer).

"Michael Koerner" wrote:

You did not mention if you had applied all the service patches to your
version of PowerPoint.

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Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup
Email unless specifically requested will not be opened
Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using
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Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP]


wrote in message
oups.com...
| Greetings All:
|
| I'm encountering a very frustrating PowerPoint problem (Version 2003)
| that appears related to what many other users have run into, based on
| certain posts, but also seems immune to some of the suggested fixes
| I've read about.
|
| After creating a presentation, even though everything looks great on
| the screen, and the layout looks flawless in Print Preview mode, when I
| print handouts (of any variety) the font on certain slides "blows up"
| and gets significantly bigger, causing the text to run off the bottom
| of the frame and therefore for the handouts to be worthless. I'm using
| a Minota Magicolor 2300W printer for what it's worth, but the same
| problem occurs printing to Acrobat Distiller, as well, so it doesn't
| seem like a printer driver issue to me.
|
| Solutions I've tried that haven't fixed the problem:
|
| -- Disabled all of the AutoFit and AutoCorrect options
| -- Checked the "Print TrueType Fonts as Graphics" box in the
| Tools/Options/Print Menu
| -- Tried copying and pasting slides that actually work and print
| correctly, retyping the desired text, and seeing if that resolved the
| problem
|
| Despite these attempted fixes, same problem, things look great on the
| screen but the font size gets inexplicably increased upon printing.
|
| Any suggestions for other things I might try to resolve this issue?
| Having eliminated so many variables that might be causing this problem,
| I've got to think there's some minor setting or hidden formatting issue
| somewhere that's causing the glitch. And if anybody is REALLY
| interested in lending a hand, don't hesitate to e-mail me at
| and I can send a sample of the file that's
| causing me problems to see if that can help with the troubleshooting...
|
| Thanks!
|