AVI movies are easily added to a presentation. however the movie dose not embedded in the presentation, i.e., the presentation plays it by linking to its original storing place in the Hard Disk every time we show the presentation. my question: is there a way to embedd AVI movie ...

In MS-Powerpoint, I used Insert, New Slide, and then picked
a slide format (e.g., with text box for title, for body, or
blank).  By mistake, I selected text-box-for-title AND
checked-off "do not ask again".  Now whenever I Insert, I

I am new to powerpoint and have been tasked with creating a
presentation for a non-profit group I am involved with.  I would like
to use a number of different slide layouts in the presentation and do
not know how to do this.  Is it possible.  I am using the XP version

how can i make it that when i click on a button a comment field (like
that one which you can insert into your powerpoint presentation
"Menue, Insert, Comment") shows up?
thanks for your answers.

Is there a way to have the PowerPoint 2003 file
automatically start up when the user pulls up the file?  
I believe that earlier versions used a different
extension but I am not having luck in finding the secret

This should be simple but apprently it's not.
I am trying to programaticly have vba close the Excel
Application out completle not just a window or workbook
from my ppt code module. Somthing like this

I have read a Microsoft article claiming that one of the benefits of using
PPT 2003 is the improved quality of bitmap export. I have been unable to
detect in what way this improvement was implemented. Can anyone shed some
light on this.

I have a certificate created in powerpoint that I want to
merge data from an excel file into.  I don't see any way
to insert merge fields onto my powerpoint slide.  Is this
possible?

I have to insert multiple images into a PPT presentation.
Once inserted I am changing the size & position of each image manually
(same size and position for each image).
Can I automate the size & position work?  Can I automate both jobs?

I get an error message when I try to run PPviewer 2003.
Tells me that the viewer is only supported by Windows
versions: Windows 98SE, Windows Mellinium, etc. But I DO
have Windows 98SE, and I did install the InstMsiA.exe that

Everytime I open Powerpoint (2000) a window opens with the heading
"DDE Server Window: Powerpnt.EXE-No Disk" and states that "There is no
disk in the drive.  Please insert a disk in drive D:"  However, after
pressing "Cancel", "Try Again" or "Continue" several times powerpoint

I want to build a command line VB application that automates the Secure Pack
plug-in, so that we don't forget that step when we revise our courseware.
From the PowerPoint menu, I issue &Tools; Secure Pac&k; SecurePack
&Wizard...

I have a series of slides to be presented to subjects in a research project, and i need to be able to randomize the order of presentaton.  Any ideas?

Can anyone advise how I can link to an existing Excel file
and to a specific TAB within that file.  I know how to
link from Powerpoint to Excel but am unsure how to link to
a specific tab within the file itself.  Thank you.

I am using Powerpoint 2003. The problem is that when I use the shortcut keys ctrl x and ctrl c, powerpoint shuts down without giving any warning or saving the document. This does not happen with any of the other shortcut keys and I can use cut and copy  from the menu. The problem ...