When I try to "insert" a "sound from file" I get the
message "PowerPoint couldn't insert a sound from the
selected file."
I can "insert" a "movie from file" with no problem, just

Using PP2K.
I'm using some autoshapes as invisible "links" to allow the user to go
to another slide. I draw the autoshape with no text and no border and
position it on top of a picture. When the user moves the mouse over

trying to view pp97 presentation on a projector, isn't working, everything is hooked up right, never done this before, Help Please

Hello all. I have a need to automatically launch a PPS
file on a CD when inserted into the CDROM drive.
I understand I can include the PPTviewer program on the
CD for those without Power Point, but what do I need to

Is there a custom animation I can set up where I can show four images (one at a time) fullscreen inside a slide and then when done, have all four appear together in a tiled format?

I am trying to pdf some PowerPoint slides.
I am using Acrobat 5.
I got to file, print, acrobat distiller, select properties
and choose the adobe pdf settings tab, I select 'Press' as

When I try to open a file in Powerpoint, I get the msg
path or filename xxxxx invalid
I can't open, delete or rename it
Is there any way to restore or delete it?

I need to prepare a navigator - mini presentation with few slides that
will have hyperlinks to Excel files.
The excel files have predictable names, but the name change with the
data waves coming. The Excel files can be in the same folder or in

I'm rather curious as to the capabilities of powerpoint.
I'm quite familiar with it and have created some fantastic
presentations, but I have never been aware of its full
potential.  My company has recently purchased a powerpoint-

I'm preparing an organization chart for my company that
hyperlinks to a person's profile+photo.  The org chart is
on slide 1 and I want people to navigate with the mouse
only, if they hit "enter" or the arrow keys, I want

Help! I'm going out of my mind.  Using 2002 XP - I
prepared a presentation of about 65 slides.  I have put
music into the entire presentation, of various types but
mostly .mid's.  The first 25 slides play beautifully.  

Does anyone know the best graphic format to use in a PowerPoint
template? I want to import a graphic file in a template (as the
background) and was wondering if a gif, a tif or a bmp would be best.
(I'm concerned about overall size of the PowerPoint but still don't

I have a ppt (2003 on Windows) that started life as a "More" document (yes
it is quite old) and despite years of editing and reapplying masters,
editing masters etc.., when I print the file to PDF (using Acrobat
Distiller) I'm told that the document contains fonts like "Times-Roman" ...

how would i add several pictures to powerpoint without
adding each on seperatly. can i click whole file that
might have 100 pictures in it and add to powerpoint some
way?? thanks

I HAVE POWERPOINT ON THIS COMPUTER. I DID A SLIDE SHOW
PRESENTATION AND IT WORKED GOOD. I THEN GOT ON THE
INTERNET AND GOT A
VIRUS. AFTER I REBOOTED EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH. THE