Has anyone ever had a problem saving a presentation getting the following
message?
'There is an active inserted or linked object that can't be saved
automatically. Please close the object first'.

Hi all. I'm a newbee to this but have a really frustrating problem. We are
using Office 2003, and a user has a presentation combined from several
smaller presentations, with different backgrounds and attributes. We have
done this before and never have had problems for a few years ...

I was given two slides from a powerpoint presentation and asked to make
multiple slides with the information from each of the already completed
slides.  What I currently have is 2 slides that have already been
constructed.  Each of those slides are composed of a triangle ...

I was trying to insert an MP3 file into a slide I get the little speaker icon
but when I hit the Icon I get this error.
MCI error
The specified file cannot be played on the specified MCI device. The file

This has probably been asked and answered a great number of times but is PPT
slated to output a true wide screen format anytime soon?  I know you can set
up the page for 16:9 but the output is still 4:3 and you have to overshoot
if you're projecting or send the signal through a ...

I have prepared a slide show, with music attached, but when I email it as an
attachment, the music won't play?  What do I do?  Do I need to send the
actual music clip with the slideshow?

I have a 68-slide slideshow, of which the first 13 slides make up the
show, and they contain action settings that hyperlink to the remaining
slides (hyperlinks to a specific subject on different slide), and the
hyperlinked slides contain animation, and then go back to the previous

I tried searching the site, as well as the help function in the program, but
could not find an answer specific to my situation.
My daughter created a powerpoint presentation for her class project on
Powerpoint 2003.  She has animations, pictures, and sound with her show.  

I have two columns and six rows of check boxes on a slide. One column is
labeled "yes" and the other "no".  I want to quiz my students and be able to
put a check mark in both of the boxes if necessary, but in some cases I may
only need  "Yes" or "No" answer. The reason is that ...

how do i get power point emails to open,they always ask for #s on back of
disk.help

I have suddenly lost the ability to insert Shockwave or Flash content into my
PowerPoint presentations. This problem began after our computers were
upgraded to Flash 9 and Shockwave 10 and may also be connected with a problem
I had with a corrupted presentation containing Flash ...

When I open  pp I get a series of slides none of which are blank. I need a
blank one .It worked fine before. How do I set up the defalt settings I had ?

Powerpoint works but a downloaded / emailed powerpoint slide show will not
run even if I open powerpoint first and then select the file. The slide show
starts i the tool bar at the botttom of the desktop but will not actually run
the file. Powerpont shows the file in individual ...

Everytime I insert a .jpg, it makes it bigger than the slide or smaller than
slide and I have to drag corners and sides all around to make it fit the
slide exactly.  Isn't there a one-step option that does the "FIT TO SLIDE"
without all that resizing and moving?

How do I set up the timings of slides individually.  If there is a mistake in
the timing using "rehearse timings" the whole slide show needs to be done
over and when working in a long presentation, this is very tedious.  Please
could someone help?