I often use same 2 or 3 textures or patterns for filling objects, so I'd like
to create icon on toolbar so that I can just click in for fast fill rather
than selecting Fill Effects, and then my texture/pattern/etc.  I was able to
save "Fill Effects" on toolbar, but still have to ...

Is there a way to open an xml document in Excel through a  browser

Is it possible to link to a video with a text link in PP?
I know I can insert/embed in a slide, but I'm wondering if I can link to it
so that it doesn't have to be played as part of the presentation - but can
be chosen if desired.

Sonia;
We use the organization charts in PowerPoint a lot.  They
are using different programs in the background between the
2000 version and the 2003 version of PowerPoint.  There is

Hello.  I am creating a scoreboard in powerpoint for some local athletics.  
Focusing on two slides, one has a current score in the top left corner (think
a football game on tv) while the next has a halftime update box in the
lower-third of the screen (with those same two scores). ...

The password protection still allows users from viewing the presentation as a
read-only. Is there a way so that the user cannot even open the PPT at ALL. I
want to be able to distribute the presentation as an .exe but with not an
ounce of possibility of the user looking at the ...

Is it possible to create a mail merge of letters and
envelopes at the same time. Or does it need to be done
separately. Merge the letters 1st then detach data source
and mege envelopes.

I am try to down load a clip art from MS Office clip art site that has
animation. But the animation won't work in my Power Point slides

I am wanting to animate a bike to mover across the slide, but I cannot find
information on how to do this.  HELP PLEASE!!!

I have hyperlinks in file 1/slide 6 to file 2.
When the last slide in file 2 is shown I want file
1/slide 6 to be shown again. Without any action
button/hyperlink, just a regular advance click (mouse or

I'm pasting a chart from Excel(2002) into my PPt (2002) presentation
with the following macro:
Sub FinaliseIt()
On Error GoTo Checkfiles_Err

I have created a slideshow in PowerPoint and included a .wav file of music on
the first slide and scheduled it to play during the entire slideshow.  It
works great on my computer.  But when I save the file to a disk and try to
play it on another computer, the slideshow plays ...

I received a PowerPoint presentation in slide show format. It runs
continuously. How do I access individual slides so that I can save them
separately? I've tried the right mouse options - they all have to do with
running the presentation, and nothing more.

Since office 2003 you can secure a presentation by using IRM (Information
Rights Management). You can access it by choosing File - Permission -
Restrict permission as... which prompts you to download some software and is
apparently free of charge.

Builds and animations are all very pretty, but often a presenter just wants
to show the "completed" slide -- especially when jumping back to previous
pages.
My suggestion is to have a shortcut key during presentations (similar to the