Hi folks,
I didn't find a solution to this searching the web:
I'm using Powerpoint from the Office 2003 Professional edition here.
Since a few days lines and images don't show anymore in the main pane (as
if I was drawing white on white). They are there, I can edit their
properties etc. In the properties of an element (i.e., a line) regardless
what color I choose the selector box will show only white. If I move the
dialog box over the element I'm editing the properties, it shows correctly
until I hit "Preview" or "ok". Only text is shown in the main pane (not
even the slide layout chosen from the templates).
However, everything is shown just right in the slide overview.
Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks,
Hjalmar
Echo S - 05 Jul 2007 22:34 GMT
Probably changing your hardware acceleration will fix it.
How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm
If not, holler back.

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Hjalmar - 05 Jul 2007 22:48 GMT
No luck changing the hardware acceleration (I moved it notch by notch from
full to 0, applying the setting and checking powerpoint in between).
thanks for the quick answer.
> Probably changing your hardware acceleration will fix it.
>
> How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
> http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm
>
> If not, holler back.

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Echo S - 05 Jul 2007 22:57 GMT
Any chance you have High Contrast set up in Windows? It's in Windows Control
Panel | Accessibility Options.

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> Hjalmar
Hjalmar - 05 Jul 2007 23:05 GMT
No high contrast set. Alas, setting it and changing back doesn't change
anything in the powerpoint slide. Interesting setting though.
> Any chance you have High Contrast set up in Windows? It's in Windows
> Control Panel | Accessibility Options.

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Echo S - 05 Jul 2007 23:30 GMT
hm.
So what happened a few days ago? Are you perhaps running any add-ins? Here's
how to check:
What add-ins are loaded?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00655.htm
Have you updated your video card drivers? You might try that.

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> Hjalmar
Hjalmar - 06 Jul 2007 00:13 GMT
Updating the video drivers did the trick. Not sure why it stopped working
all of a sudden though.
thanks again. That was immensly helpful!!
> hm.
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Echo S - 06 Jul 2007 00:45 GMT
That's great! Thanks for letting us know.

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> Updating the video drivers did the trick. Not sure why it stopped working
> all of a sudden though.
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