Is it possible to format a table so that it can automatically convert numbers to a social security format?  I know it can be done in Excel, wondering if there is a way for it in PowerPoint.  Please advise.

I have a presentation which was created in French (language)
presumably in Powerpoint (XP).  When I perform a spell check, the
dictionary defaults to French.  I then set the language (in Powerpoint
XP) to English and rerun the spell check, the dictionary reverts back

I am trying to insert a .swf in my ppt.
But ppt inserts it as an object - it allows only .avi files to be auto-palyed
.avi files are quite heavy (640 kb) - has to be referenced to.
Is there any way to insert .swf files which are lighter (20 kb) and easy to play. I have flsah player ...

I am new to PP2002.  Every time I type text into a box, it types in so slowly that I have to wait to see what I have typed!  This does not happen in any other program I have.  What do I do about this so I can speed things up?

I've been trying to make a hyperlink from one file to
another.  both are powerpoint files-one for landscape
slides and one for portraits.  I use the portrait file to
look up the landscape file in the hyperlink and then link

Is there a way to remove the sound icon from the slide
but keep the sound embedded?
It makes no sense to create a great looking slide only to
have the sound icon appear on the slide. I have the

I've noticed that when I select from the Effect Options -
"Start Playing", "From Time" and specify seconds, my
slide transition stops unless I Mouse Click to advance.  
I also have the music playing for a set number of

Will a Powerpoint 2002 Upgrade (available for purchase on
eBay), work on a computer with MS Works 2004?  ie will
the older software detect and accept the Works 2004 as
qualifying software to install the upgrade software, or

Is there a way by which a clock, in scale format, can be shown on the slides which will shows the time remaining for the total presentation and another which shows time left for that specific slide ??
please inform if I can impliment this by any method

I'm working with a PPT file that was received from
Vienna.  The presentation was originally typed in German,
then translated to English for our use.  
We've tested the spellchecker on two different systems.  

Is it possible to have the laptop showing the current slide and the next slide in the presentation on one split screen.  If so, how

I have a Powerpoint 2000 file with a macro that uses the Microsoft
ActiveX Data Objects 2.7 library. It works fine on my PC. When I go to
references it shows up no problem. The problem is when I go to another
PC the reference is missing and the macro won't run. I tried running a

I would like to use more than one wav file in a presentation. I have one wav file now and it runs for 55 slides. I would like the next song to start and run for about 50 slides. How would I do this? I insert the sound from file onto the slide (say slide 56). I went into Custom ...

Okay, I created my presentation, inserted tons of clips
and everything and they all run fine from my computer.  
So I email it to my group and to myself to see if it will
run good from a different computer (we have to run this

I am running PP2003 and am linking media to a presentation.  However, when I burn the presentation to a CD none of the links work.  How do I get all the links to work?