When opening a number of our powerpoint documents i get the message
"This presentation cannot be edited because it contains a read-only embeded
font."
How can I work around this?  I mainly need the background.

Yesterday as I was saving a presentation on powerpoint 97, after making a
small adjustment in font to my already saved presentation, my computer
stalled. I ended up having to do a hard reboot and then a norton check of my
system to restart it. When I came back to open the file ...

I'm trying to load a set of questions stored as a text file into a slide in
PowerPoint.  I'm using the following code :-
Private Sub Showfiledialog()
'opens File Dialog Box & allows user to choose a file

I do a weekly TV program on  small outdated equipment.  I need to scroll
credits at the end of the program.  I use Power Point 2000

Hello, I got a problem with embedded mpeg1 Vids in PPT
2000 (XP home with SP2)
Trying to embed these vids (mpeg1, according to VCD
standard) in ppt I receive a unspecified mistake warning.

I am trying to get powerpoint to pick up a signal from a cam to show live
pictures, but not sure if its possible, anyone please???

$229.99??  Why is the product so expensive?  It cannot possibly cost your
company that much to produce each CD.  Personally I think Microsoft is
already one of the biggest cash cows in this country we call the United
States.  Is it really necessary to be more greedy and insist on ...

I would like to create a PowerPoint organization chart from an Excel
spreadsheat file. The Excel spreadsheat should have an LDAP structure.
What's the way to do it?

I am trying to create a slide 120 cm by 240 cm for a poster on Powerpoint.
The problem is that the maximum slide layout is around 140 cm. Is there any
solution to this.
Thanks!

Anyone have a Powerpoint Presentation on "Introduction to the Internet".
Thanks

I want to make my own template or set a photo i have as a background. How do
I proceed?

I'm doing a PowerPoint 2003 presentation.
I have some complicated visuals and some long timelines to display and it  
would be a lot easier to present this stuff if I could zoom in/out .
Also, if I could pan right-left along a very wide slide (a timeline) then I

I am trying to make a scrolling text box on a Macintosh slide show. I
vaguely remember this is possible in Windows using the Control Toolbox,
but I can't find the control toolbox on my Mac. In the VBA editor, the
toolbox is grayed out.

I am doing a généalogical prenentation with family photos albums .how to
highlited the names (text) or change the color  with the mouse's pointer
(sliding on the name) to showed the interlink associated with that face.

When I save my PPT 2000 Presentation to Web, none of my text bullets show
up.  The bullets are GIF pictures from the Insert Clipart dialog box from
within the Bullets and Numbering tab.  I've tried changing the browser
support option under Publish.  If I do that, I'll get the ...