I'm trying to include a short video into my PPT but it doesn't work.
Basically I go "insert --> movie from file" then I selected my .MVI file. But
the reply is "MS PPT cannot display this type of sound or movie". What should
I do?

The fonts I'm using in my presentation (which are relevant to the project)
are downloaded and surely will not be on any computers that have not
previously installed them. If the user on some other computer attempts to run
the presentation, will the fonts still appear correctly, ...

I have downloaded PowerPoint viewer but can only open pps files I receive if
I save them 1st then open through the viewer.  If I double click a pps file I
receive the message "this file does not have a pgm associated with it for
performing this action. Create an association in ...

can somebody explain why adding skype toolbar in outlook toolbar does not
work after installing skype software on my computer, thanks

I want to burn my slideshow onto dvd for play back on a dvd player.

Of course this happens when I HAVE to work on a presentation, right?
I'm trying to insert clip art from the library into a presentation.  Works
ok for still art, but when I try to insert an animation, I get an error
message saying, "PowerPoint coulnd't create a picture from the ...

I needed to make use of macros to do some checking. If the slideMaster
do not have a footer, I will add in one. If not I will just ignore. I
have a line of code to add in the footer in the master slide but i do
not know how to check if footer exist in the slideMaster a not. If

Is there a way to globally mimic a Keyboard assignemnt (say
ctrl-shift-S ) in VBA that will globally work on any pwerpoint
prsentation I open on my machine?

I'm brand new to all this  but when I try to open and e-mail attachment with
ppviewer2003, I get an application error message  0xc0150002.  What does this
mean?  And thank you for your time.

I'm creating a presentation for my speech class entitled "The ABC's of
Groupwork". I'd like to have a link bar of some sort at the bottom of every
page so the user can quickly navigate to any letter of the alphabet. I tried
making a text block, highlighting the a letter, we'll ...

When you print notes pages, if you don't need the pictures of the slides, or
don't want to cut the text out of 8 1/2 by 11 pages down to note cards, you
should be able just print the text notes onto index cards.
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What is a capsule design template? My instructor want us to do a presentation
using the capsule design template and where do I find it

I'm having problems writing an open event macro with a powerpoint show (read
'show' as underlined) i.e. I can't figure it out at all.
Basically, I want the show to fire a background macro. As there is no open
event (like in excel), as far as I can tell, you have to build your own.

I've been creating a questionnaire for my local school (yes I know that
there are web-based databases available....) with an Excel spreadsheet
running in the background to collect the data.  Each slide has a series
of option buttons from the control toolbox and clicking them fires ...

We have our students working in powerpoint 2000, they are creating
animated gifs and then putting them into their presentations, however
the animations are starting at slide one rather than when they open the
slide which contains them. This means that they are appearing to 'start'