PowerPoint objects change location

Question

Hello everyone. I've got a question that has been bugging me and I have NO idea how to fix this. 

I have Office 2010 for my desktop and also for my laptop (Surface Pro 2). I don't have any licenses for 2013, so I'm still using 2010 which I honestly like!

I was working a PPP for a class but I had to go. So I saved the presentation and continued on my laptop. When I opened the presentation, many times I see that objects move around. Mostly text, but sometimes other objects as well. Here's an example.

I fixed it on my laptop, saved, and then today I came back to my desktop and the items were messed up again!

Any ideas?

Thanks a bunch!

Kind regards.

Answer 1

It's almost certainly a font issue.  Chances are that the presentation uses fonts that are on the laptop, where you created the presentation but not on the tablet.  As a result, when you open the presentation on the tablet, PPT substitutes a different font (with different size/spacing) for the REAL font that it's supposed to use.  Then when you fix it and move it back to the laptop, PPT once again uses the REAL font and that whacks all your spacing again.

Choose a font that you're sure is on both computers and the problem should go away.

Answer 2

>> But some people are sour in the Surface Pro 2 side

I was all set to buy one but then I remembered the words ... word, really ... of my friend, Professor He from China the first time he tasted cheap American-made sake.

"Why?"

Answer 3

Wow! :-D Fantastic! Thank you SO much! This has made it A LOT easier! :-D You've saved me hours and hours!

I absolutely love PowerPoint and this community even more! Everyone is so helpful! But some people are sour in the Surface Pro 2 side :P haha.

Thanks again!

Answer 4

And even better news ... no need to track through the presentations laboriously by hand.

Open one, then click the Home tabl.

On the far right, you'll see the Editing group and on it, a Replace button.

Click the triangle next to Replace and pick Replace Fonts from the list that appears.

The upper listbox in the dialog that appears will tell you what fonts are called for by your presentation. The lower listbox lets you choose a font to replace the selected font in the upper list box with.

Fonts in the upper listbox with a ? icon are the ones to look for ... that means they're not present on your computer.

Answer 5

You're most certainly correct. In a matter of 30 seconds I was able to check and verify that the font was the issue. What's the strangest thing is that I assumed that it wouldn't matter! I have Windows 8.1 on both devices, and the same version of Office 2010 on both devices (I think. My desktop is Office 2010 32 bit as that's what my work gave me, and my Surface Pro 2 has the 64 bit version, and professional rather than home and office or something like that).

Regardless, thank you very much for taking the time to respond! You've saved me hours of headaches. Now I'll just back track through my PP Presentations and change the fonts on those pesky slides.

Thanks again!

Kind regards.