When I have a file in Power Point with certain mathematical symbols (like
"not equal to"), and I save that file as a Windows Metafile in order to
export it, those symbols don't come (they just show a "?").
Does anyone know what I can do to export my files with the mathematical

I have a database with references - logos, title, short text & long text
along with other information, with keywords for industry (like 'Public
Sector') and offerings, (like 'Training' or 'Web development').
When I do a proposal it's a specific offering for a customer in a ...

When we convert PPT file to PDF File.
After converting the file into PDF, Some of the Lines, images are not
converting properly.
Is there any setting options for that to convert properly?

I had written a macro for converting PPT files to PDF Files.
I am getting Printing error while printing .ppt files to pdf files
automatically in background.
When I run this macro each time I need to Save the file.

I am running WXP (SP2) and Office 2007 (Beta 2).  
While working on my first PowerPoint presentation using this product
(converted from Office 2003), I find that my resources (using Task Manager)
periodically "peg" (i.e., use 95-100% of the resources when looking at the

In Powerpoint 2000 it was possible to change the headings listed in the
outline tab. Since upgrading to Powerpoint 2003 I'm unable to edit any of the
titles listed in the Outline tab without it changing the title for the
relevant slide.

I am working with PP2000, and I have made slides with a sound throughout the
slides before, a long time ago, and am trying to do it again.  However, the
song repeats itself with each slide, what am I doing wrong.  I have it to
loop until next sound, even though there are no other ...

Is there a way to force the hyperlink to open in a new Explorer window?

Shapes are not working properply, v.g., the curve tool only draws straigth
lines. This does not occur in Word 2007 though.

I thanks John Wilson for giving me this line of vba:
      Sub swap()
      ActivePresentation.LayoutDirection = ppDirectionLeftToRight
      End Sub

Audio (sounds and music) is not playing on a PowerPoint 2004 slide. If the
icon is double-clicked, nothing is heard. In presentation mode, no audio is
heard. The sound is up all of the way and the sounds play fine if the file
itself it double-clicked. Any suggestions?

All of the sudden it takes minutes to insert a WMV file into PowerPoint.  
When I play it in a show it takes minutes to start.  All AVI, MPG files are
just fine.
I have not installed anything new on the system in 6 months.  I am at Ver 10

Is there a way you can add text to a master slide but have it so it doesn't
show up on the first and last slide?

Need some help please.  I have to use Powerpoint for an org chart and
need to have multiple connectors within certain objects. My
understanding is that one cannot add new anchor points to AutoShapes,
if I'm wrong please let me know.

When I print to PDF using Adobe PDF printer the slides are apparently not
registered exactly in the same place so print outs need to be trimmed at one
end or the other to match up with the next page.
Note that my pages are to print with the slide's solid back background.