I am working on PowerPoint Automation. I have a dialog box with a combo box
in it to select a sound file. I have few mp3 and wav files. I can list them
in the dialog box. Now what I want is when the user selects a sound file that
sound file shuld keep playing during the slideshow ...

i am doin simulation in power point programming.i have written the code for
multiple animation.but it is showing in the last bulleted text only don't
know why. the code that i have written is
"sld.Timeline.MainSequence.AddEffect Shape:=newshp,

How can I move to the previous slide using the keyboard?
Backspace, left and up move to the previous step in the animation, not
to the previous slide.
Thanks

Is there a way to allow the PowerPoint show on a secondary monitor to
loop uninterrupted while the primary monitor is used for other apps
(outlook, web etc).
Once the mouse is clicked on a different application, changing focus

My wife and I both use Corel Draw to prepare technical diagrams and
PowerPoint to prepare technical presentations.  I am using PowerPoint 2002,
and she is using PowerPoint 2003 (she's a newbie convert from using the
slide-show feature of CorelDraw).  When I "cut" a diagram from ...

I've just recently had problems with one or two Jpeg images
in PowerPoint.
These Jpegs load in ok but as soon as I go to scale one the colours
just go mad. One size it might be black and white, another size

Is there a way to detect the security settings in PP and adjust them using
vb or vba code?

I have a title slide with a number of animations that will be used BEFORE
commencing with the actual presentation, i.e. whilst people are walking into
the venue. How do I get the title slide's animation looping until a button
is pressed to start the actual presentation?

When I go to Insert | Text Box , then I click on the screen, it starts a new
text box.  But it starts out in "italic" text.  Is there a way to set the
default settings for a text box?
Also ... perhaps this is just a comment ... when I click "Notify me of

I'm sorry to ask such a simple question but I've been tearing my hairs out
about this:
I have a set of slides which I repetedly want to display at various parts of
several presentations. How can I 'call' this presentation from within various

is there a limit as to the path length beyond which powerpoint viwer will not
open any .pps files
Here an example of a path that does not open
C ...

I am doing a presentation where
I need to use a house, and break it in
parts,floor first, then the walls, and then
the roof, how can I do this

I have drawn block with a white filling and a white line (border) as well,
so that it can't be seen on a white background. If I print the page, I am
still able to see the border of the block. Why is this and how can i fix it.
It appears correct on the screen.

I'm having trouble getting my listbox to populate.  I added the values with
AddItem but it doesn't populate on the slide.  The only way it populates
is if I go into the code, press F5 and then go back to my slide.  But then
when I close my presentation and reopen it, it is not ...

I am preparing a presentation of the life of a 12 year old child with
leukemia.  It will display continuious photos of his life at an upcoming
spaghetti dinner in his honor.  The theme is the Wizard of Oz.  Does anyone
know where I can find a suitable, yet not overpowering ...