Normally a text slide starts with a bullet.
In many cases you want to start with a non-bulleted introduction text over,
let's say, 3 lines. When the bullet is manually turned off (to start without
a bullet) the continued next line is indented to the bullet position

I'd like to create a rectangle with a known amount of ease (i.e. rounded) on
the corners.  I need to know the exact amount of ease so that I can apply the
same effect to a concentric rectangle of slightly smaller size.  Just as done
in the "Aspect" design theme.  Does anyone know ...

Recently, autoshapes stopped appearing in PowerPoint.  They do appear in the
slide preview scroll menu on the left side of the screen, but NOT in the main
edit screen and they do NOT appear in the print preview.  Any thoughts on
settings that might have been changed that are ...

  I used to have 3 options under the Layout at the Org. Chart toolbar at
office XP (Expanding, Fit or scale) No I don't have any of these options at
Office 2003. So when I try to expand the outside frame, all the Org. chart
expands with the frame.

I created a powerpoint presentation on my laptop.  I went back into it &
tried to make a change but it says its "read only".  How can I change this?

Every time I create a table in PowerPoint and I change one of the cells
borders - the border becomes an arrow.  Is their something I can do to stop
this from happening.  It's really getting annoying.
Thanks to anyone who helps.

I am wanting to animate text in a placeholder to Split Horizontal In Effect
as a group by 2nd level.  I need help setting the text as a group.

I am having a problem with chart labels not showing up in a
presentation i am working on. However when my collegue opens it on his
mac they do. Also if i insert a new chart onto a new presentation it is
fine. And if i copy and paste that chart into my presentation it is

How can I rotate a pie chart w/o moving the data in the datasheet

When viewing my presentation as a webpage the external webpage hyperlinks,
when clicked on, open in the same window as the presentation.  How does one
go about getting the hyperlink to open in a new window?
OS: Windows 2000 Professional

I have developed a software tool and i want to create a demo /presentation
for the same. I want to use Powerpoint Producer. Can you help me with
starting steps.

I cannot see why a smiley face appears for the
Type:=msoTextBox
in the code below?
A Microsoft joke?!

I need to add a scoring mechanism to a PowerPoint presentation I created. I know nothing about Macros or Visual basic. Does anyone know a way that I can use a Mouse Click to add a value to a table or spreadsheet?

When I am trying to insert a movie file into a slide in Powerpoint 2003 all i
get is a black box not a still frame and the movie doesn't play. The movie
will play in media player and with a movie button.

code below taken from MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbapp10/html/pp
proTriggerType.asp
comes up with error "Timing(unknown member): Invalid request"
debug pointing at