when i add a picture to my powerpoint, is there any way to get my words to
automatically move out of the way?

I have an abstract movie playing as the background for my power point
presentation.  I want the text to stay on top of that but when I preview the
presentation the text disappears and the movie plays.

I have a PC with 2 outputs, i need to run a slideshow on 1 screen but do
other work on the other screen without the slideshow stopping.
The only thing i have found is an add-in called powershow which works well
but is expensive as add-ins go. Dose anyone no if microsoft do an ...

I'd like to create a personal template in power point 2003.
My image is taken from Photoshop.
How is the procedure to include this image as template in PowerPoint.
Thanks a lot for someone who get the answer.

Does anyone know what the vba would be to change the action settings of the
active object such that when it is clicked from within a presentation it
opens the item? (Other setting is edit)
Ta

I want to insert a full song into a Power Point Presentation and have it play
from being to end so that the end of the song is on the last slide. In other
words play contiuneously

I'm using custom shows, but the window showing the slides in the
presentation and the slides in the custom show is too small for me to
tell exactly which slides are in the custom show and their order. Is
there some way to make this window bigger or an add-in to solve the

Question 1:
Sorry about being longwinded, but I have a problem with powerpoint that
others might also be having: Sometimes I create a powerpoint presentation
where I cut and paste into the powerpoint information from another program,

This is kind of a follow up question to my previous post- sometimes i paste
data from excel into powerpoint as an excel worksheet object, but the pasted
area usually does not show all of the columns or rows i want to show, and I
have a very hard time then working with the ...

I need to include a few .mov clips in my presentation. Normally I have them
in .mpg or .avi format. This time they are .mov files. Then I'll be taking
the presentation on the road via CD-ROM. Must QuickTime be installed on each
and every computer I use to show the presentation? Or, ...

Hi Experts,
I often received some fwd emails with powerpoint attachments. Everytime when
I open the powerpoint slides it will automatically run the slide show. How
can I open the powerpoint file to the design view?

How do I play a song  in my presentation.
Thank you.

How can I copy the music to a CD along with my Power Point, so that it can be
played in another computer/

How can I copy the entire PP, including the music, to a CD, so that it can be
played in another computer?  (I can get the PP, but not the music.)

This seems really strange to me. Can someone shed some light on it?
The following macro changes my slide's color sheme. No big deal. I have 5
color schemes in the file. Any index number I put in the code works, EXCEPT
for #3. When set it as #3, it applies scheme #4. Again, all the ...