I inserted an animated GIF into a powerpoint file and the window popped up
asking for animation options regarding play automatically or when clicked.
All worked well. When I try to insert animated GIFs now I do not receive this
window and my GIFs will not animate when in slide ...

Besides using animation and hyperlinking to another slide, which is
not very elegant, is there a way to insert a pop up box with
information (like the comment field in Excel) linked to an object
(either by click or by passing the mouse over)  The pop up box should

I'm using the notes pages for my lecture notes.
On some slides, my notes are many and they don't all appear when I print my
note pages.  It looks like my text exceeds the capacity of the page and
there is no provision in PPT for overflowing to an additional page.

My Adobe Acrobat 6.0 pro freezes when I try to make a .pdf file out of a
PowerPoint document.
It goes along OK on the progress bar, but just hangs at the end.
I can convert other non-PPT files.

I need to play MPEG-2 videos in PowerPoint.  I would like to know which
decoders work.  I know Elecard Moonlight works but the company is outside the
USA.  I am stuck buying USA products because I work for the US Government.  
Anyone got any suggestions?  Thanks,

I use PowerPoint 2003 and I am working on a serious of slides that all
contain a graph.  Several of the graphs have the (X) Catagory axis with
labels; in this case it is a listing of 25 countries.  My problem is that
when it prints out, the text for this axis is distorted.  I am ...

I'm trying to add a spreadsheet to my PP presentation using "insert object".  
When I do, there are extra blank rows or columns that show up on my slide.  
How do I get rid of these extra cells?  Is this an excel formating issue?

Can I create an Action Button that will compose a new email from lotus notes
and pre fill the subject and body and send  to a pre designated email address.

I'm working with three different bar graphs and I need different bars from
each one to fade into the first sheet, at different times with the click of a
button or other such item.

How do I copy my powerpoint presentation onto a DVD-R? I have linked files
(word documents). When I copy the presentation, the files do not
automatically open as they do when I run the presentation from my laptop.

Does anyone know how to have an mpeg video file as the background for a
PowerPoint slide? I know there are third party addons that will do this but I
was hoping Microsoft would intregrate this feature into 2007. Any and all
assistance would be greatly appreicate, to include the ...

I have a need to lock and fix the size of an object in a PPT so it
cannot be edited or changed.
Is there a way to do this?
Thanks

I would like to add a text box in VBA and then give it a unique name.  Then
in the future I would like to find that text box by the unique name to modify
it - again in VBA.   I was unable to AddTextBox and then name the text box.  
In addition, can I reuse the same name on each ...

Is it possible to choose the order that bullets points will fly in during a
presentation? i.e If I ask a question to my audience that has three answers,
as soon as they get one, can I choose that text from the slide in the order
they shout them out or can the text only fly in in ...

When I go to create a new Powerpoint presentation, my Design Templates are
missing - what causes this?