at work I have powerpoint 03 over a win 2000 system -- I've been inserting
some images as objects and it works fine
at home I have powerpoint 03 over an xp (home ed with sp2) and all I get is
the file name of the jpg !!  no image ...

I haev to create a PowerPoint Presentation with extensive graphics, videos,
and embedded flash.  I have done this before and ended up with a presentation
over over 90MBs.  This new presentation could easily be bigger.  I know all
the tricks to reduce file size (no fast save, ...

I can't get Powerpoint 2003 to recognize my second CD drive when I try to
package to CD.  It keeps trying to write it to my DVD drive.  Is there any
way to change that or will I have to continue packaging to file first?  I'm
using Windows XP pro - SP2

When I save a presentation in PowerPoint 2002 that is all pictures and then
open it on a computer that is 2003, the pictures are cut in half and on two
different slides. When I try to shrink the pictures, it does not move them
again to the same slide. How can I save a ...

Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am preparing a graph that contains four series, and I am seeking to have
the first series (type: bars) go "behind" the other series (type: area).  
Moving the data within lines of the worksheet does not seem to impact the

What's the syntax for starting a specific PowerPoint presentation from a
command line or script.  What I want is something that can be inserted as a
hyperlink in a document that will call POWERPNT.EXE with the specific
PRESENTATION file and whatever arguments are needed to launch ...

I have done everything I can figure out how to do, I unhide the applications
settings and then opened microsoft..but it has no template folder under
it...I am so frustrated.  Please help!

Under "Format" menu, I've selected "Background", clicked
the dropdown and selected "Fill Effects", clicked the "Picture" TAB and
clicked
the "Select Picture", image appears; however, it's not an image I have on my

i need to use VBA to move to a slide containing a specific value in a
hidden text box (name txtMNum) and i'm not sure of the appropriate code
to do this.
This textbox will exist on up to 20 slides with a different value in

I have completed a slide show which works fine. I decided to add music from
the Microsoft clip media in the form of looped clps of different ethnic music
to accompany groups of slides from different countries. the format of every
music clip is identical but the slide show now ...

About once every 10 times, my Powerpoint 2003 freezes on save. Nothing I do
after that works, including attempting to terminate the Powerpoint process
for the task manager. I have to reboot the computer. The really upsetting
thing is that I can just reopen the same presentation, ...

with assistance from Chirag (on this group) to an earlier question i
now have the following code ...
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   For Each Shp In Sld.Shapes

I purchased a gateway pentium 4 computer and installed my 2000 version of
office. Powerpoint works fine as long as I dont' have the tiled / slide
sorter view.  When I do this view, it takes a long time to load and won't
allow me to move slides around without crashing.  Any edits ...

I've copied slides from other presentations with ANIMATION that works, but
one they're in my presentation...NO ANIMATION...what have I done wrong?  
I've even created new slides with new animation...the preview works just
fine but when I go into presentaion mode...NO ANIMATION.. ...

Im not able to open more than ONE session of Powerpnt in my system (Office
XP and Win XP SP2). If do Start--Run --Powerpnt then it opens a NEW ppt FILE
but it opens the same within an existing PPT session.
Is that normal?