For some reason whenever I browse to a ppt file and double click on it, ppt
opens but only gives me a new presentation and not the presentation I asked
it to open.  Is there a config option somewhere that got mucked up????
help???  it's becoming extremely annoying

This is what I need
If no slide is selected then to come up with a message "please select a
slide"
This is my current code which works fine, only if a slide is selected,

Hi Steve, thank you very much for your reply.
While running your suggested macro, it behaved just as I needed it to (it
did not bring the grayed-out text shown when one double-clicks the graph) -
it looks to me like the ".Include" after the Rows, Columns, Cells did the

I would like to create a new toolbar with new autoshapes (buttons insert .emf
files as pictures, but it's more or less the same thing) and be able to
export this toolbar to the other people in the office.  Is there a way to do
that?  (I can copy and move files as needed, but so ...

I need to set the timing so that each slide will have the text box and
pictures appear in proper order and at a certain pace. How do I do this with
Office 2003?

I am attempting to make CT (computed tomography) scans transparent.  (This is
to allow me to superimpose the images.)  I have tried to use the transparency
tool on the standard toolbar, but am unsuccessful in making certain "regions"
of the image transparent.  Is there a way to ...

I m into powerpoint Automation. I have two shapes. I want to add two effects
simultaneously on one shape(say fly from right and fade) and then two effects
one after another on the second shape.
Can someone help me in this regard?

I am working on a school graduation project and want to record music in the
background as slides are shown.  Right now it looks like I need to record
music on each slide which really does not work well as the slides are shown
for only a few secords each.  Can this be done in ...

Folks,
I created a Powerpoint presentation on a Mac. It works just fine on any
Mac in our office. However, if I try playing it on a PC, the audio
doesn't play at all. The audio files I am using are wave files. Any

I need to print handout documents, preferably during my presentation, right
when i get to slide 5.   Any suggestions?

I am trying to group specific sections of an oval shape rather like a pye
chart, but I need to write in it for presentation purposes, I want colour and
animate each individual section but cannot seem to do this.
If there is a fairly easy way to do this I would appreciate if ...

I am a completely new user with PowerPoint so not sure whether this is
actually possible.  When you have created a table on a slide, is it possible
to add animation per row so each row appears one after the other?
I have applied this to a bulleted list, so each bullet appears one ...

Id like to insert a rolling marquee (which is possible in Frontpage) in a
powerpoint presentation. Does anyone know if this is possible. If so how is
it done??

I've done an interactive presentation that has links to pdf files.  This was
done on ppt2000 and widows xp.  To get around the annoying warning sign 'this
file may harm your computer' I have saved the link page as web page and from
my pps presentation put a hyperlink to this page ...

I want to distribute ppt files to users not having PowerPoint and allow the
client to select the preview window size by himself. The Microsoft PPTViewer
always displays the ppt files in full screen mode. Is it possible by any
means?