microsoft.public.powerpoint

Sorry, I've just seen I've written Ariel all the time, I meant ARIAL of course.

"marilu55" wrote:

> Strange behavior ?!
> I start a new PPT, declare through Format/Font that all fonts will be
> Verdana and not Ariel. Then check Options/Save - Embed all characters ...
> (though don't believe it is necessary).
> If I try to write some text in Latin everything is OK and the font is
> Verdana. If I try to write in Cyrillic - PPT by itself switches to Ariel. If
> I have mixed Latin and Cyrillic - the first is in Verdana, the second - in
> Ariel and nothing can make it transform into Verdana.
>
> This partially is overcome if I declare Verdana in Slide Master, not only
> generally, but have to do it for all text boxes that form the template. But
> if I insert another text box or a shape, the text reformats back to Ariel.
>
> As Times New Roman and Courier New are considered more basic fonts, I have
> to clarify that the problem with them occurs in the same way as with Verdana.
> So ARIEL to the end of the world!
> There is no such problem in Word 2003 which makes me think it is not a
> Windows problem but a PPT one.
>
> Has anyone come accross something like that?
>