On a multi-display system if I run two or more timed slide shows only the
active task progresses. Can Power Point Slide shows be set to run in the
background? If so, how would I do this?

I was wondering can you record yourself for example creating a new document
in Word and changing margins etc.. and then replay that sequence in a
Powerpoint presentation.
Is there an in built recorder in Powerpoint that would allow us do it?

I work in the Fire department in Oslo, and I would like to make a
template that would ease the workload on my fellow workers. After an
inspection we need to fill out inspection reports, and that's what I
want to make a template for. I need it to accept two pictures, and some

I have a SET of presentations which are being developed in 2002 using VBA.
Nothing fancy, just the normal Excel OLE charts/worksheets , Graph applets
and textboxes.
The people who will be perusing these PPt's might use any of Office 2000 or

I have created hyperlinks to websites in my presentation. When I view the
slide show on the internet and hit my hyperlink it goes to the page but going
"back" returns me to the first slide, not the current one.

I'm trying to set up transitions for specific sections of text within
individual PowerPoint (XP) slides, but I don't know how.  For example, if I
have a bulleted list of 6 items but only want to them pop up 1 @ a time, how
do I do that without having to make 6 separate slides?  ...

When I make a proposal, I generally have to make them in two formats - one on
a design template (that has our logo and images down the left side and
contact info on the bottom) that we use when we email a proposal. I generally
then have to take the same document, remove the ...

We cannot view movie files in PowerPoint (2003) slides when hardware
acceleration is set to full.
It's a know issue based on previous posts I've read in this newsgroup.
Any chance there is going to be a fix for this? A lot of clients are using

When I insert slides from one presentation to another the background defaults
to the default background. Any solution to insert the slide with background
intact?

I want to email my powerpoint presentation with photos to a friend. How do I
make the file smaller? I've tried saving it as a pps, but the file is still
large. What am I missing?

PPT Version X (for Mac) MAC OS 10.4.2
Every time I right click in my file, the "right click" menu duplicates. For
example:
The first time I right click the menu reads:

I had been working on a powerpoint presentation using 2003 on my desktop.  
All fine.  It was saved on the network and opened using a different computer
that had powerpoint 2002.  It was saved and closed.
Ever since then, we have pulled up that particular presentation and any

I am using the chevron autoshape and typing text directly into the shape.  I
want my text to follow the outline of the chevron and to remain contained
within the boundaries of the shape.  I cannot find a way to do this.  I can
make the text wrap within the autoshape but long ...

I have a presentation that auto runs 1100 named images but the customer
would like for the presentation to be interactive so that anyone could
go directly to a slide.  Even though right clicking the mouse will
bring up this option I do not want the other options (such as "End

I have Office 2000 pro at work and at home but my home version does not have
the microsoft office tool called Picture manager to compress pictures...?