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Tester - 12 Oct 2006 19:00 GMT

Hi there,
Is there a maximum # of slides with PowerPoint 2000?
Anything after 255 brings cpu to 100% usage. I am using a W2K machine, 1 GB
RAM, 2.8 Ghz processor.
Thanks,
Calin

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Troy @ TLC - 12 Oct 2006 19:31 GMT

There is no set limit within PowerPoint. But you may encounter computer
limitations and audience patience...

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> Hi there,
> Is there a maximum # of slides with PowerPoint 2000?
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> Thanks,
> Calin

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Bill Dilworth - 12 Oct 2006 20:03 GMT

Are you adding Slides or Master Slides? Or are you creating a new master
slide for each slide within your presentation?

I seem to remember that the limit on Master Slides was 512 (using both a
Slide Master and a Title master for each yields 256). However, for regular
slides I have not found a limit. In fact, as a fun test, I build a
presentation with over 50,000 slides to make sure it could be done.

By the way, do not expect high performance from a show with 50,000 slides --
it was a bit of a resource hog.

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> Hi there,
> Is there a maximum # of slides with PowerPoint 2000?
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> Thanks,
> Calin

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Steve Rindsberg - 12 Oct 2006 23:02 GMT

> Are you adding Slides or Master Slides? Or are you creating a new master
> slide for each slide within your presentation?

PPT2000's the version mentioned here. Multiple Masters? Sure, you can have two
of 'em. No worries there, I don't guess. <g>

But I've made shows with lots more than 255 slides in 2000 w/ no problems.
OTOH, each of the slides was simple. One with lots of big images could stress
the poor dear out.

> I seem to remember that the limit on Master Slides was 512 (using both a
> Slide Master and a Title master for each yields 256). However, for regular
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> By the way, do not expect high performance from a show with 50,000 slides --
> it was a bit of a resource hog.

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