I have followed instructions and set up my display to 1. primary and 2. LCD.  
Both are showing up in my display propeties.  Originally, I had a blur on the
wall until I adjusted the resolution.  However, only the desk top background
is showing - no icons and no presentation.  ...

I'm trying to make a powerpoint presentation with music included in it.  I've
loaded the music on to itunes and I also have it on a CD.  How do I include
it in my presentation and time it so that the music and the slides start at
the same time?

I do not wish to use the keyboard. The palette / toolbar is easier.

I have tried this code
Sub saver()
presname = InputBox("Name your file")
ActivePresentation.SaveAs ("C:\Documents and Settings\John\Desktop\" &

Has there ever been a solution to the problem that using File>Open in
PowerPoint 2003 never shows the Details view as a default? It's hugely
annoying and a big time-waster.

It seems neither in handout master or print preview the size of the frame for
handout cannot be changed. There are a lot of blank spaces and i want to make
the handout bigger. Any way?

Suppose if i open a powerpoint slide show using powerpoint viewer and is
there any method where i could able to keep track of the events that are
happening in the slide show. That is whenever i change a slide i should able
to display the slide number to which it is changed... How ...

I create PP presentations for clients.  Normally everything works great
I usually pack everything, including mpg files in SecurePack.  For
recent client, I am having a problem getting his Windows XP laptop t
play an mpg that IS (definitely) in the SecurePack package.  

How can PowerPoint files be best published on the web?  Is there a free
player that users can download to view the files if they don't own
PowerPoint?  Is there a way to export the content in a PowerPoint to
HTML files, or perhaps Flash files?

Setting actual height/width of shapes is crucial in my presentations.
However, whether in an autoshape or an imported enhanced metaphile (from
Excel, for instance), when I seek to format the object the height/width boxes
are empty, and if I were to scale the shape by inputting a ...

I've noticed that some recent laptops will display a wmv file in a PPT show
both on the projected screen as well as on the laptop screen. Previously you
could see it only on the projected screen and the video area of the laptop
screen would be black.

I have a 2003 PPT presentation where the kids choose to see or to hear an
animal on a slide and that brings them to the slide representing what they
chose. For example, if the child clicks on "see" then "dog", she will go to a
slide where she sees a dog. If she clicks on "hear" ...

I'm basically an Access developer and am new to PPT.
I would like to create a custom menu to run a couple functions I have
written, with the help of John Wilson.  In Access when I create a new menu, I
have the option of making it a shortcut menu, but that doesn't appear to be

I have drawn a freeform line on one slide (a boundary that sits on top of a
map showing restrictions of movement) and now want to copy it into another
slide and then 'break' it in two or three places (to show how a different
category of person can access through the boundary in ...

why will the following maco stop working when i get to slide 10? slides 1-9
work perfect but as soon as i edit and change to slide 10 and above it stops?
Code working:
ActivePresentation.Slides(9).Shapes("AutoShape 2") _