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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / March 2008Auto-shapes freezes Powerpoint 2003
Hi, I've searched the forum but couldn't find a post related to this problem. When trying to add auto-shapes to a PPT presentation (both existing and new), the cursor turns into the hourglass and Powerpoint stays put, doing nothing, forcing me to kill it after a few minutes. I've disabled the "Online Content" in the Services Options, under the General Tab, hoping that was causing it, but unfortunately the problem remains. I've also tried a repair to the Office installation and even an uninstall/reinstall. Any ideas? Thanks, Daniel Hi Daniel, First, do you have a local printer installed and set as default?  SignatureRegards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP Please tell us your PowerPoint version Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at the original www.pptworkbench.com glen at pptworkbench dot com ------------------------------------------ > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks, > Daniel Hi Glen, thanks for the speedy reply. No local printer installed (not counting Microsoft's own Doc Imaging Writer and PDFCreator's software based printers), only network based. Thanks, Daniel > Hi Daniel, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Thanks, > > Daniel Hi, Install one proper printer and set it as default. Then see if the problem continues. PowerPoint spends ages looking for printers that are networked and can slow down considerably. SignatureRegards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP Please tell us your PowerPoint version Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at the original www.pptworkbench.com glen at pptworkbench dot com ------------------------------------------ > Hi Glen, thanks for the speedy reply. > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> > Thanks, >> > Daniel Hi again, Unfortunately atm I don't have the opportunity to install a local printer. Is there another test I can do? Thanks, Daniel > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >> > Thanks, > >> > Daniel You can try changing hardware acceleration. Yours doesn't sound like the problems usually solved by this, but it's a pretty painless thing to try. How to set graphics hardware acceleration back http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00129.htm SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx > Hi again, > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > Daniel Hi again Glen, Problem solved. I didn't install a local printer as you suggested, but taking the same suggestion as a basis, I removed the logon script from the profile, logged in and the Auto-shapes worked perfectly. Re-inserted the script in the profile, logged back in and it kept on working just fine. Thanks for the help and tips. Also thanks to Echo S for your reply. Didn't get to try it out, but I appreciate it. Take care, Daniel > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > >> > Thanks, > >> > Daniel Hi Daniel, Thanks for the feedback! SignatureRegards, Glen Millar Microsoft PPT MVP Please tell us your PowerPoint version Tutorials and PowerPoint animations at the original www.pptworkbench.com glen at pptworkbench dot com ------------------------------------------ > Hi again Glen, > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > Daniel No worries. Just glad to hear you resolved the issue. Thanks for posting back and letting us know what was causing the problem! SignatureEcho [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://tinyurl.com/36grcd PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit http://tinyurl.com/32a7nx > Hi again Glen, > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > Daniel
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