I would like to include interactive calculation formulas in power point. For
example the ability to change numeric values and have a new calculated value
appear, much as can be done in Excel.

I have one PowerPoint presentation in portrait and another in landscape.  I
want to be able to switch between these in the course of one show.  What is
the best way to do this?  
I also want to be able to switch from a PowerPoint presentation to an Excel

Is it possible to delate  - or earase - if you mess up a part of your
drawing?  Surely you do not have to delate all of your work.  I'm trying to
do five assignments required through my on line science course. I'm trying to
use office power point 2003.  Thanks

I bought a new computer and I tried installing my PP 2003 and I get an error
#1406 that states "setup cannot write the value button text to the registry
key", and some more stuff.  I assume it has to do with the fact that I have
it on my old PC but I don't know.  Can someone help ...

I'm trying edit data from a graphic in my presentation, but i only do this
when I try in the computer that i create de presentation.
When i try in other pc the MS Graph doesn't open. When i open the file show
me the message:"Doesn't possible to edit this presentation because it ...

I'm editing some slides in a presentation sent to me by another person.  When
using the Normal view, if I clcik on a slide with a table or a piece of clip
art, on some (but not all) of the slides it blinks so much I can't even edit
it.  PowerPoint is for all pratical purposes ...

I am trying to use powerpoint and I need my ruler and gridlines to be set to
the metric system not the imperial units.  How do I do this?

I have a presentaion slide with an embedded graphic.  The graphic is
hyperlinked to a web page.  During the presentation, I would like to have the
presenter click on the graphic to open the web page.   After viewing,
scrolling, discussing the web page, I would like the presenter ...

I'm trying to fade an object (picture), from its original size to a smaller
size and have it stop and still stay on the slide redcued and faded.  Now the
faded zoom for exit annimation seems to do this but it exits the slide, I
need the same effect but I want the object to stay ...

I have received a Powerpoint presentation with embedded music. I would like
to change the music, but the originator has hidden the icon. Is there a way
to display the icon once it has been hidden?

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 I want to do a presentation that plays a WAV
file beginning at the first slide and continuing throughout the entire
presentation uninterupted by slide transitions.  I want the slide to advance
automatically on a slide by slide timed basis.  I have ...

Shyam,
I am still trying to find out how to use VBA to remove the ellipse
(Animation schemes/Exciting) animation from a whole series of slides.
Surely this must be possible?

I am into PowerPoint automation, using VB6.
I have a very strange problem. I m not sure why this is happening. I have a
dll in which I have put some functions to automate the PowerPoint. A "Custom
Toolbar Button" (present in PowerPoint) initiates a macro in PowerPoint VBA,

What I have/What I'm doing:
I have added one of the add-ins for the live update of web links contained
within the presentation. But while working on the presentation and anytime
prior to the slide show the screen is either completely blank or shows a

How do I make sense of the following.
A friend sends me a ppt file ...
1.  Windows Explorer (XP Pro) says it is 2220 KB
2. I open and close it (only open/close - no other action taken)