The automatic boilerplate layouts in PowerPoint 2003 are counterproductive
and very frustrating for me. If I try to paste an object such as a table into
an existing page, that page will revert to a Microsoft standard layout that
destroys all the careful formatting I've done, ...

I have a hodgepodge of slideshow presentations both at home and at work that
I would like to combine into one slideshow. The preferred way I would like to
do this is to revert all of my slides back to JPEG files and place them all
in a folder and then create a photo album in ...

Is there a way to rollover a box with the mouse and have another box expand
out of the original box?

In a presentation with less then or equal values, I use the character that
looks most like my Arial font. I use character code 163, Symbol (decimal) and
it looks fine and appears the best on-screen for the over head presentations,
but crashes into the font on printing. I use ...

i want to save power point presentation through VB program through SAVE AS
Dialog BOX.
COULD anybody pls help me out in implementing this feature.
ThanYOu

I'd like to create a set of color swatches that is always avaialbe when I
create a new PP document, that I can easily pull from. Is there a way to do
this?
Nick

sir I'm adding some shapes to the power point slide and adding effects to
these shapes in the  mainsequence and displaying these effects   through the
VB program.
At the end of my VB  program i used to delete my shapes and the effects

I have installed Microsoft Office XP Small Business on my laptop (both discs)
and can find Word, Publisher, Excel and Outlook but can't find Powerpoint,
and it's the one programme I really want to use.   How do I find it please.  
I've tried browsing both CDs but they don't give a ...

We have upgraded powerpoint to 2003 and have noticed that printing large
files to a network IKON printer is extremely slow.  Printing to the same
printer and driver used to be fine.  We have already tried compressing the
pictures - to no avail.

Is it possible to put a powerpoint presentation inside an access database for
viewing? Has anyone heard of this kind of thing?
-CB

Hi, I did a powerpoint presentation with music (with all of your help) back
in March... now I'm trying to do a new one with different music with  no
luck.  I am using pp 2003 on windows xp.  I am using audiograbber to rip the
song, and then going into slide transition to play the ...

Any idea where I might acquire some good-looking arrows for my maps in
PowerPoint?
Looking for a gradient fill, semi-transparent arrow with a tail that
tapers and fades away.

I've constructed a ppt in office 2003 but have to present on an NT
machine using 97.
Have imported the file, and tested the presentation, and found a
problem re mouse-over event. (It's a web-page demo, presented offline.)

Can anyone help please?
I'm working off a template created elsewhere and when I click into a
Placeholder to add text it highlights in grey. This is OK when you are typing
but devillishly difficult when you are trying to edit (and can't see where

I have done my research and have spared this forum from another 'Sound
Doesn't Work' or 'How do I get sound to play continuously through all
slides?' post.  However, I'm not so sure I've saved this forum from another
'How do I loop an embedded sound file' post.  I've used the ...