Steps to duplicate issue:
1. Open a new Powerpoint 2007 Beta 2 presentation.
2. Select the Insert tab
3. Under Shapes, add a 6 point star (this should work with any shape)

Do you all have a microsoft powerpoint in your computer?

What is an unacceptable powerpoint file size?  I have a user who put
together a presentation of about 90 slides with high res pictures.  The file
size is 250+MB and has difficulty opening on a win2k laptop with virtual
memory warning popups etc.

OK, I'm stuck again.  I have a presentation that is going to be seen on
countless computers, and I am having trouble getting the font to embed
correctly.  The users are not going to need to change anything, just watch
the presentations.  The users are not going to be able to ...

Okay, this shouldn't be this hard, but I'm a Mac person using PP for the
first time.
I've prepared 45 .wav audio files for a presentation. I simply want to embed
a single audio file per slide. Not link. I have no concerns about total

Using automation from my A2K form, is it possible to :
1. create a Powerpoint slide
2. insert a mpeg/avi from a absolute path stored in my table
3. scale the mpeg/avi to full screen

how do I export file to make it uneditable to viewers? Meaning thay cannot
open it in Powerpoint again.

I have a jeopardy type layout I am working with. When I click on a cell it
hyperlinks to the answer then back to the original slide. I want the font
color to change color when it goes back to the home slide so the student
knows which question has already been answered. How do I ...

I am using Powerpoint 2003, the AVI file is using the codec Indeo 5.1 and the
AVI plays when double clicked in explorer. When the file is inserted into
powerpoint as a movie it shows a still image of the movie but when played it
just shows as a blank white box. Any ideas?

when emailing a presentation, how do I set it up so when opened by the
recipient the presentation starts immediately

I have a pps show that I have deployed on a web server. Several slides
use sound effect clips. I have 2 problems w/ the sound.
the first problem is that some of the sounds never play. the clips are
mp3 and they play fine when i play the show on my local pc. when i

When I open a Power Point document, the original color scheme I used in my
slide designs always appears in black and white.  I always need to go under
VIEW and click on color/grayscale.

Is there a way to send the ppt notes information into word w/only the notes
coming in and w/o the slide. I usually copy and paste, but that can be time
consuming when you have a lot of slides.
I have clients who would like to see only their notes in front of them as

After installing Exchange SP2 running on SBS Server 2003 SP1 i recived event
id  2061
"Process MAD.EXE (PID=4824). An LDAP search call failed - Server=xxxxx Error
code=80040957. Base DN=, Filter=(legacyExchangeDN=), Scope=2. "

How do I create a new templet, save it and apply it to my presentation.
please walk me through.