I teach an online course that includes many large PowerPoint files.  Our
university utilizes Blackboard course management system.  Students who are
modem users indicate difficulty in downloading and viewing them.  What
suggestions do you have?

I'd like to animate an arrow line so that it grows to connect 2 words (on
opposite sides of the slide).  I'm using powerpoint XP and can't seem to
figure out how to do it.
Thanks for your help.

I put four video clips in my presentation. They play fine on my computer.
When I went to test my presentation on another computer, my video clips won't
play. How do I get them to play on other computers?

open the presentation. switch from slides to strucrure and try to use scroll
wheel. You will detect the bug whitch describe here
"http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/newsgroups/reader/defa
ult.mspx?query=scroll&dg=microsoft.private.security.spyware ...

I'm a recruiter in Boston, MA and we are desperately seeking PowerPoin
Presentations Specialists for the Boston Area.......  
I can't find them ANYWHERE! Does anyone know of
a place online or an association where I might be able to fin

I was giving a presentation this morning when I was reminded that it is a
pain to set up a presentation that switches between landscape and portrait.  
I have just tried to do this in the 02007 beta 2, but I find that this still
needs 2 presentations to be able to do.

In a macro, I'd like to change the slide displayed.
If NetworkConnection = 1 Then
   ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide (49) 'Slide 49
   MsgBox "conn = 1"

I have several PowerPoint presentations that I have inserted Windows Media
player files. Most times before the movie launches there is a quick flicker
right before the movie plays. I do not have any transistions associated to
the slide. There is no "flicker" when I play the file ...

I want to set different default bar or column chart fills in my design
template so I don't have to change the fills each time I create a chart. Is
there a way to do that in Powerpoint 2003?

When I open PowerPoint it automatically opens in 'slide master view'. I must
have somehow made this a default, but not sure how, why or how to get it back
to normal.
Thanks.

WILL I WANT TO PLAY MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND OF VIDUE
I'M JUST WONDRING IF THERE IS POSSIBILITY TO DO THAT
THANKS

I need to create a slide where I stack objects and have them appear one at a
time. Could someone tell me how to do this. I haven't used Powerpoint in a
long time can't seem to remember. I guess you would apply animation to the
objects but I am not sure how to do it.

Is there a way to protect a picture or grouping of text boxes from being
changed.  I know I can lock the presentation but all I need is just the
grouping.  I want to beabel to change other things on the slide but lock the
one grouping.  

Whenever I try to convert a powerpoint presentation into a PDF file - I get
an error saying that it cannot be completed.  Why is this happening?  How
else can I turn my powerpoint presentation into a PDF file??
Thanks!

I'm having a problem with the above.
To be precise, I need to - from VBA - open a .pps file and take it to
edit-mode.
It's a part of something larger, but it's generally like this: