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Spartak · 03-25-2004, 01:22 AM

I think this is the right forum, so here goes:

Ok, so for this subject I'm taking the lecturer blitzes through all the lectures and I can't take down adequate notes, but he puts them up on the net so us, the students can look at them in more detail.

But my powerpoint struggles with the formulae

for example

Instead of:

Q = AK^(alpha)L^(beta)

It spits out this:

I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 98SE at home, I suspect they run the new Office (2003?) at Uni.

So a couple of questions.. why can't my powerpoint at home display the formulae properly.. and what can I do to fix it (barring installing Office 2003 ofcourse).

If all else fails I could print them out at Uni but that would cost extra, so any ideas gang ?

Lebell · 03-25-2004, 01:35 AM

I believe there is a free download at Microsoft that allows a person to view powerpoint presentations.

You might try that.

Scorpion23 · 03-25-2004, 08:27 PM

It looks like it's trying to display a font that you don't have. Try asking the prof. what font he uses and install it.

Date the Banana · 03-25-2004, 09:07 PM

Can you highlight the text and select another font? Or maybe copy/paste it into a different program? If all else fails I guess you should just d/l the the ppt viewer, or try openoffice.

Redlemon · 03-26-2004, 05:52 AM

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Originally posted by Scorpion23
It looks like it's trying to display a font that you don't have. Try asking the prof. what font he uses and install it.

Bingo. Alternately, if you load the slides up on a school computer and you can read the forumlae correctly there, you should be able to determine what the font is by editing that slide.

03-25-2004, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
Spartak Bang bang Location: New Zealand	Powerpoint font mess I think this is the right forum, so here goes: Ok, so for this subject I'm taking the lecturer blitzes through all the lectures and I can't take down adequate notes, but he puts them up on the net so us, the students can look at them in more detail. But my powerpoint struggles with the formulae for example Instead of: Q = AK^(alpha)L^(beta) It spits out this: I'm running Office 2000 on Windows 98SE at home, I suspect they run the new Office (2003?) at Uni. So a couple of questions.. why can't my powerpoint at home display the formulae properly.. and what can I do to fix it (barring installing Office 2003 ofcourse). If all else fails I could print them out at Uni but that would cost extra, so any ideas gang ? __________________ I can read your mind... looking at you... I can read your mind...

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03-25-2004, 08:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Scorpion23 Psycho	It looks like it's trying to display a font that you don't have. Try asking the prof. what font he uses and install it. __________________ "Empirically observed covariation is a necessary but not sufficient condition for causality" - Edward Tufte

03-25-2004, 09:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
Date the Banana Insane Location: Japan	Can you highlight the text and select another font? Or maybe copy/paste it into a different program? If all else fails I guess you should just d/l the the ppt viewer, or try openoffice. __________________ all work and no play make Date something something Last edited by Date the Banana; 03-26-2004 at 12:44 AM..