I have created a slide master with a shape at the top which I want to remain
on screen throughout the presentation. I also want my bullet pointed text to
remain on screen until I am ready to go on to the next slide where upon the
text would fade out but the shape would remain...

How can I make a powerpoint slide my desktop picture?

Tested with PPT 2002 and 2003.  I have an addin that puts the current
date/time into a text box.  PowerPoint crashes and throws up an error dialog
at random intervals from 1/2 hour to several hours.  My presentation is
simple text with a "tagged" shape (text box) that my addin looks ...

i want to send powerpoint prsentations to peole via email and i want it to
automatically when the atachment is opened

How do I insert animated text onto (overlayed) a movie in a slide so that
when the movie plays during the presentation the text does not disappear - I
have tried ordering and grouping but it does not work.

I am currently working on a newsletter with my boss, she does not understand
publisher and I do not work with powerpoint when it comes newsletters, I need
to know how to copy or transfer a file from my publisher to powerpoint for
her.

I have added a number of templates to the task pane in Powerpoint 2003
using the registry edit method. That is I have added the follwing
key/value settings to:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\New

I have saved more than one presentation to CD. I have a primary
presentation with hyperlinks to secondary presentations using PPT
Viewer 2003. I use "End Show" to exit the secondary presentations and
return to the primary presentation. I have  tested the CD on different

I have some VBA code for power point that creates a custom drawing (a
chart) during a slideshow presentation. The chart is created using
lines, shapes and textboxes.
First I create a new slide (I'm producing multiple charts) -

When I open a format image or format whatever dialog box, the current size
used to be shown. Something has changed and it no longer is shown, so I
don't know the current dimensions, except from ruler bars (not precise
enough). Any suggestions of how I might correct this, or do I ...

Are there copyrights on clipart, sounds, and animations downloaded from the
Microsoft website media homepage? Can I use these snippets for private
presentations?

I created a powerpoint and inserted 2 songs to play at designated points
within the presentation across multiple slides.  When I emailed the
presentation, the music will not play for any of the recipients.  Is it
because the music is located in my system and not truly embedded in ...

I did put 100 pics from exactly the same size on top of each other on 200 slides.
All 100 pics are animated and are shown one at a time with al little delay, PP2003.
But now i want to remove all the pics on each slide, not just the animation but all the pics.
They are on top of each ...

I am using a column chart which represents 4 categories.  I would like to
split one of the categories into 2 pieces.  This would result in 1 of the 4
columns being a stacked column.  Is this possible to do in Powerpoint?

I would like to be able to animate the ink annotations I make in PowerPoint.  
I don't really understand why this would not be possible.  The ink
annotations seem to behave like drawing objects in every other way.