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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / August 2005Web Bullets and Symbols
When a .ppt is saved as a web site, the symbols, bullets, and quotes are not translated into web entities. BBEdits "Translate" utility can be run on the .htm files for slide text, but the bullets seem to be some sort of .css style. Can I modify it? Office 2004's PowerPoint does an almost adequate job of translating some symbols when a .ppt saved on the Mac is shown on a Windows PC, but not when it is saved as a web site. Of course, the Windows Office 2003 must have SP1, the PNGs and Alpha are still ugly, and only a few transitions work. The "compatibility" report only caught the dropshadows, and wasn't very helpful about that. So what can I do about the bullets in the web pages? Mac OSX 10.4.2 Dual 1.42 GHz G4 1GB PowerPoint/Office 2004 11.1.1 Firefox 1.0.6 Hi Scott- Have you tried using custom bullets from the Wingdings font or using the 'picture' bullets (which are .gif images)? Regards |:>) On 8/19/05 5:31 PM, in article BF2BABC0.48BC%scott_heath@bonfils.org, "Scott Heath" <scott_heath@bonfils.org> wrote: > When a .ppt is saved as a web site, the symbols, bullets, and quotes are not > translated into web entities. BBEdits "Translate" utility can be run on the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > PowerPoint/Office 2004 11.1.1 > Firefox 1.0.6 I have used a text editor (BBEdit) to translate all symbol characters from the non-standard codes into standard web entities. I just can't find the file that assigns the bullet character. I don't know if CyberTaz's first idea would work, since the Web option of the PPT "Save As..." function produces a ton of files, including a CSS file that assigns a .bullet_ class that I can't fathom. Maybe the 'picture' bullets would work better than the symbol fonts... I'm just aiming for true xplatform functionality... Do I have to test it on a machine without MS Office? On 8/23/05 10:49 PM, in article BF3174B3.43FB%onlygeneraltaz1@com.cast.net, > Hi Scott- > > Have you tried using custom bullets from the Wingdings font or using the > 'picture' bullets (which are .gif images)? > > Regards |:>) Hi Scott, When I tried using bullet pictures the Save As Web Page feature would not display the bullets in web pages. Let me know if you have the same experience. Thanks. -jim  SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> > I have used a text editor (BBEdit) to translate all symbol characters from > the non-standard codes into standard web entities. I just can't find the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >>Regards |:>) |
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