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AlessandraC

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Nov 26, 2009, 12:13:48 PM11/26/09
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I have a presentation that uses only Trebuchet MS but when I look in
the properties/content I see others listed:
the first one has MS and some strange characters besides it, then
Arial, Calibri, Frutiger-Roman and Wingdings, in addtion to Trebuchet
MS.
How do I remove them from this presentation and possible future
presentations?
I use PPT 2007 and cannot find a way of to replace these fonts with
Trebuchet.

thank you!

Luc

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Nov 26, 2009, 12:47:02 PM11/26/09
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Allesandra,
Don't know if it will help but you can replace fonts, on the home tab, edit
group, replace button, click on the arrow and choose replace fonts.

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Luc

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Nov 26, 2009, 12:53:24 PM11/26/09
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Allesandra,
Be aware though that some fonts maybe related to bullets you applied in
placeholders and such.

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AlessandraC

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Nov 26, 2009, 1:03:32 PM11/26/09
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On 26 Nov, 18:47, "Luc" <lu...@NOTREalpandora.be> wrote:
> Allesandra,
> Don't know if it will help but you can replace fonts, on the home tab, edit
> group, replace button, click on the arrow and choose replace fonts.
>
> --
>
> Luc Sanders
> MVP - PowerPoint
>
> "AlessandraC" <acima...@gmail.com> schreef in berichtnews:e3e5ada3-5667-4357...@g26g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...

>
> >I have a presentation that uses only Trebuchet MS but when I look in
> > the properties/content I see others listed:
> > the first one has MS and some strange characters besides it, then
> > Arial, Calibri, Frutiger-Roman and Wingdings, in addtion to Trebuchet
> > MS.
> > How do I remove them from this presentation and possible future
> > presentations?
> > I use PPT 2007 and cannot find a way of to replace these fonts with
> > Trebuchet.
>
> > thank you!

Even a basic presentation with the default template should use only
Calibri, and I have looked at all the masters and only Calibri is
indicated, but in the advanced properties the fonts listed are both
Calibri and Arial . I have tried replacing Arial with Calibri, but
they are still both listed.
Is there a way to find where in a presentation a certain font is used?

Luc

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Nov 27, 2009, 3:52:04 AM11/27/09
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Allesandra,
The reason as to why Arial is in there could be related to compatability
with earlier versions of PPT.

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TAJ Simmons

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Nov 27, 2009, 5:45:51 AM11/27/09
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Allesandra,

Also - one of your bullet points on the master may be using the Arial font

Be sure to check all the 5 levels

cheers
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AlessandraC

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Nov 28, 2009, 9:22:51 AM11/28/09
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On Nov 27, 11:45 am, "TAJ Simmons"

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> Allesandra,
>
> Also - one of your bullet points on the master may be using the Arial font
>
> Be sure to check all the 5 levels
>
> cheers
> TAJ Simmons
> PowerPoint Master
>
> http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com
> awesome - powerpoint templates,
> powerpoint backgrounds, free samples, ppt tutorials...
>
> "Luc" <lu...@NOTREalpandora.be> wrote in message
>
> news:Oq2Bk7zb...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> > Allesandra,
> > The reason as to why Arial is in there could be related to compatability
> > with earlier versions of PPT.
>
> > --
>
> > Luc Sanders
> > MVP - PowerPoint
>
> > "AlessandraC" <acima...@gmail.com> schreef in bericht

Thanks to all comments. The replace font did not work.

I finally decided to make a new presentation, build a new slide
master, and copy the content from the old to the new, making sure that
I was not bringing in any of the unwanted fonts by putting on the
toolbar the command for "advanced document properties" (which tells me
which fonts are part of the presentation) and using it after each cut
and paste operation. This way I now have a clean presentation with
only trebuchet and arial. If you wish to reuse someone else's
presentation, make sure you check what fonts are part of it, once they
are in they are impossibile to take out. Mine had a double-byte
caracter set font!

Funny how if I insert a text box, that is arial by default, does
anyone know how to change the default font for text boxes?

Steve Rindsberg

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Nov 28, 2009, 12:39:01 PM11/28/09
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> Funny how if I insert a text box, that is arial by default, does
> anyone know how to change the default font for text boxes?

Assuming you've already added a text box and formatted it to taste:

Click on the text. This gives you the vertical text insertion cursor.

Hover the mouse pointer above the border of the box around the text.
Right-click when it turns into the four-arrowhead cursor.
Choose "Set as Default Text Box" from the popup menu.

Newly inserted text boxes will be formatted the same as the one you've just worked
with. This is a per-presentation setting. It won't affect other presentations.

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AlessandraC

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Nov 29, 2009, 12:26:22 PM11/29/09
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thank you!

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