I cannot save changes I do in text box, different fonts size don't work in
one text box. I make changes when close and reopen and no changes accepted

When I click on "download" for PPT templates often nothing happens.  
Sometimes I get an "error on page" message.
Sometimes they download into the design templates, and sometimes they don't?
What gives?

(running Office XP on XP Home) I've added narration in a presentation and
have a sound icon in each file related to an appropriate WAV file, which I
can play (but only outside PP).  Each slide has an assocaited timing.  
However when I go to slide show the sound icon dissapears ...

Hi   Sure this question has been asked a zillion times before .. but...
I want to publish a PP presentation ( approx 1780k - 13 slided with various
transitions) on the web.  What is the best way given that we want to keep
the transitions etc

What is the connection between a master slide shape and  corresponding
shape in normal slide.(eg:- The name of the two shapes will be same or
something like that.) or in other words how can we identify whether the
shape has parent in master slide.

New HP laptop,  installed Office 03,(small business ed)  as an update to the
preloaded "works".  
When opening a previously created ppt. presentation,  the "show slide show"  
option does not function.  ( an odd "powerpoint slide show"  tile shows at

I would like to make a presentation where the slides are of different sizes,
i e to make it look like a "birthday card" when opened.
Can anyone help me?
BR

I am making a graduation slide show with music. The music will play when the
slide show is playing from my computer, but how do I make the music play with
the slide presentation from other computers when I copy the powerpoint to a
cd?

How can I change the language settings for a Powerpoint presentation without
having to do this individually for every block of text on ever single slide?
Thank you in advance.

The problem I have is the size of .wavs
I use CDex to convert .mid files to .wavs to embed into
my PPS. Starting off with a .mid file of 2.5MB I end up with
a final PPS of 28MB! To large to be emailed.

In Word, you can set it up to save versions.
Is there a similar feature for PPT?  I could not find anything other than
AutoRecovery and that does not help if the person saves over the good file.

I've recently upgraded to XP. Certain avi files no longer play in a
Powerpoint presentation I created when running on Windows 2000.  However,
they do play in Media Player when I click on them in Explorer.  I've tried
re-inserting the files but it doesn't make any difference.  ...

I would like to keep connector lines in a line chart (timeline) that is
missing data for some points in time.  For example, I am showing # units for
each month.  For some months, no data is reported.  I want the line from time
A to connect to time C - even if there is no data in ...

I'm attempting to create a very complex navigation through PP slides for an
interactive CD ROM. I was thinking it might be easier to create seperate 'PP
files or shows' and then link them afterwards. Does this make sense? The
content is already organised under subject headings... ...

How much is the going hourly rate or standard rate for creating powerpoint
presentations?