I keep many ppt files in a folder on my XP system.  I occasionally set the
folder view to the "thumbnail setting" and I noticed that most of the
PowerPoint files have a thumbnail that shows an image of the first slide.
However, for some reason I cannot figure out, two of the ...

How can I read the notes just on my notebook when slide show?

I want to insert an email into my presentation, however, so far I have only
found a way to "link" it as an object to open on that slide. I want the
entire email to appear in the presentation as an email would appear when
opened in outlook. Is this possible? How can I achieve ...

How do I enable PPT 2003 keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Alt-R-G to group objects)
in PPT 2007?

Can someone confirm that the system starts to count the time entered as soon
as the appearance of the current slide and not after the last animation has
finished?
I have used automatic transition many times but all of a sudden I am not

How do I save my presentation as a pdf file so someone can only view it using
Adobe Acrobat??

Is it possible to save a PowerPoint Slideshow in a format on DVD that will
play back in a DVD player on the television.  I have done it with other
software, but would like to use PowerPoint.

We need some expert opinions!  Our PPT 02 presentation features some sound
files that are linked and some that are embedded and we are having trouble
with the embedded sounds.  
On one slide we have about 8 sound files that are embedded and play as

I have received a number of PowerPoint Shows via email that contain audio
tracks that play through the Show. How is this done. I know how to attach and
embed a shrot audio segment, but I can't get this to work.

We have discovered that when using PowerPoint:mac version 11.2.4(060501) on
different machines we get different results with applying a shadow to
graphics. It doesn't matter whether or not it is a PNG, GIF or JPG every
image results in the same...as soon as you apply a shadow and ...

I am trying to give advice to someone with this problem:
They use fade-in/fade-out transitions in their slideshow.  When they select
"use hardware acceleration" the slideshow views correctly while in
PowerPoint but when they make a .pps file the transitions aren't the same.

I'm taking a required class for my degree and we have to do a
PowerPoint presentation on an topic we want.  I picked Global Warming.
I started a basic design for the slideshow, but I would like to get
some feedback on the basic design before I finish it.  Look ok or not?

I have 10 hyperlinks in my Powerpoint presentation, all linked to another
place in the same document, however 2 of them will not work. The just don't
do anything. Please help. This is due today

Power Point 2007 beta 2 has grayscale problems for printing handouts. The
color slides will not become grayscale for printing. Has any one had the same
problem with a fix?

I’m unable to double-click on any objects in PowerPoint to format them. For
example, if I want to change the fill color of a rectangle, I used to be able
to double-click on it to open the Format Shape dialog box.  For some reason,
double-clicking no longer works to open dialog ...