Powerpoint 2004 problem - table borders have arrow heads

[kiwi-in-uk]

Has anyone else seen this problem (or even better, know how to fix it)?

I was working on a Powerpoint 2004 presentation using a customised template. Everything was going ok, then for some reason all the table borders changed to arrows (see the picture). The table you see was created by adding a new table page and is still a table. It has not been "ungrouped" or "regrouped" or otherwise reformatted (apart from size, to show here).

The only way I could find around it was to create an entirely new customised template from "blank presentation", then retype everything (copying & pasting recreated the original problem).

Yes - it sounds like a corrupted custom template. What I want to know is whether anyone has come across this before and whether you know how to fix it ... without having to start from scratch and retype everything.

 

[UKnjb]

Powerpoint 2004 problem - table borders have arrow heads

Hi.
Yeah, I have had similar (not arrow-heads) problems in both Powerpoint and Word 2004. And, in each case, it was indeed a corrupted template. And, backtracking, I reckon I was the villain in the corruption. A single click here and there and --- Whoomph! ---- damage done. And the only way out was to do what you did. Sorry for you (but not as sorry as I was for myself at the time).

 

[kiwi-in-uk]

Yep - I might have been the culprit too. But I don't know how it happened.

Usually I wouldn't be too upset, but I'm on a deadline & can't afford another 2 or 3 hours to recreate another presentation if it happens again.

Still looking for insight ... anyone?

 

[joelf]

i know this post is old but i found a solution so i thought i'd reply in case anyone else has this problem.
you can find it here:
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00015.htm
i didn't try the vba code so i'm not sure if it works ok.