Can you use highlighting (different text backgrounds) in Notes for PPT?
I'm trying, but I can't seem to do this. There is no "shading" option when I
look at the text options in notes.
thanks!

Does a 'word count' feature exist in Power Point, and if yes, how do I
activate it?
Thank you.

I have about 5 photos and text on the same page. I would like to time them so
that the first photo and text show up and then 5 seconds later the next text
and photo come up...and so on. I have that part working great. What I need is
for the first photo and text to fade about 5 ...

This must be pretty basic, but with my PP slides up and I click on Slide Show
the screen does not transition to the full Slide Show screen I'm used to. Any
suggestions???

I am using PowerPoint XP & 2003.  I have created a default template (which I
have named blank.pot)  I would like to change the name that appears at the
bottom in the powerpoint task bar area, its showing as Blank I would like it
to show my company name.  Please could you point me ...

I'm an experienced PPT user but am new to Powerpoint 2003. I'm an avid fan of
'snap to grid' and use the default 0.2cm grid/nudge units. I typically use
the arrow keys to nudge objects, but I'm now having a few problems. In trying
to phrase the question properly I've come to ...

Is it possible to create "template" presentation with:
- locked pictures,
- locked number of pages,
- locked sequence of pages,

I've made a template for a countdown from 10 minutes to zero with seconds.
Can this be uploaded to the template section of microsoft?
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PPT 2003
Tried to insert some video with audio into a presentation but the OK button
was dimmed out.  The audio and video were listed on the CD-rom as 2 seperate
files....  "audio_ts" and "video_ts" .  There was no file extension.

I have a PowerPoint presentation that has charts that are linked to an
Excel file.
I want to be able to change the source of all the links in the
presentation programmatically, using VB.

Hi, does anyone know if the powerpoint 2000 photoalbum plug in works in
Office XP's Powerpoint 2002? PPT 2003 already has the feature, 2000 has the
plug in, but nothing's listed for 2002 and the description doesn't mention
whether 2002 is compatible.

Ok... now I know you guys deal with this all the time but I would like
some help. Here's the deal. I have recorded a macro in my powerpoint
presentation to bring a picture to the foreground. I have set it to a
text box to "run on Mouse Click". Nothing happens in Presentation mode

I have PP 2002.
I have created a series of slides in which I have inserted my voice on mpg3
recordings using WavePad.  All worked well for 3 days.  Suddenly on Saturday,
the voice recordings are looking like they are playing, but I am getting no

I am hoping to import a video clip (which plays in Windows Media Player)
into a PowerPoint Presentation.  The presentation loops automatically with
time delays on each slide.  I would like the slide to appear, show the clip
(on the whole screen) then move onto the next slide ...

I keep receiving error 1608 while installing power point 2002 upgrade. I had
the program install previously but had to reload Office XP small business and
now I can not get the program to find a gualifying program to finish the
install