I have powerpoint 2003 now.... I can not open any of my powerpoint 2000
files...  Everytime, when I try to open an old file, the error message
"PowerPoint can't  read c:\......ppt"  Are there any ways to fix this
problem?

Are there any software packages that dress up a powerpoint
presentation into something with a little more pizazz?  We have a sort
of a 'web tv' concept in mind for sharing factory performance with
employees and it seems that the existing powerpoint presentations have

The Rotary International website (www.rotary.org) has PowerPoint
presentations that members can download and use for training.  I tried
downloading to a 'viewer' and then burning that onto a CD.  However, when we
put it in the CD player and tried to view it on a projector (we ...

I can see them depicted in the slides on the left pane, but not in the main
window. They print. How do I get to see them in the main window?

I'm taking an online class.  How do I save my PowerPoint presentation to word
doc.  I have to submit it as a project.  I saved the project, but it doesn't
play once saved in the word doc.  Please help

This has been driving me mad....
Basically I have 2 data series that I need to plot on one chart... One is
daily data (my primary X-axis shows each day in say January) and my other
series contains only weekly data ... issue is that when you plot all this the

I would like to increase the printing size of handouts so that when I print 6
pages to a page (handout style) it actually fills the page rather than
leaving big gaps between the slides.  Any ideas welcome!

In PPT when you go to Format-Bullet-Click on the Picture Button-Import.
You can import pictures to create a bullet to add to your PPT presentaton.
How do you remove these imported picture bullets from this gallery of
bullets or Picture Bullets window where you can see them all (not ...

I saw a PP presentation where the speaker had colored boxes that were
used as  backgound for text. The boxes had nicely beveled edges and I
can't seem to find a way to do that. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

I want to have a series of presentations available, that when opened are
already in slideshow rather than in the application and needing to click
'slideshow'.

When an animation scheme is in effect in a presentation and applied to
all slides, you can use the User Interface in the custom animation
panel to copy the animation scheme effects to a particular slide, --
replacing the animation scheme for that slide.

I want to be able to have a powerpoint show open and run without the viewer
being able to advance the show manually at all (no arrow keys, mouse
buttons, space bar, etc).  The slides would advance based on timing, some
slides narrated and other slides would have short video clips in ...

is there a maximum slide size?

I had Office 2000. I upgraded to 2003. How do I import my old contacts to
Outlook 2003.

I want to take different parts of a cd and add them to one power point slide.
Is this possible?  If so, how do I do it step by step?