I went to the website given to make slides random. Downloaded the files and
it did not load on my computer. Is there anything else that I can do to get
random slides or am I missing a step from the website?

I've got the follwing problem generating a presentation using Powerpoint
2003 and Win XP.
I would like to animate a formula, written with the standard microsoft
formula editor, on a slide. The animation of the textfields is working

As it will become abundantly clear very quickly, I am an absolute
beginner in PowerPoint 2003. Let me start with some basic questions that
might help me better understand whether PP will do what I need for it to do.
Slide 1 displays for 5 seconds and automatically transitions to ...

how do i correct this problem? Every time I close my project then re-open it
the one picture turns black! All of the other pictures remain normal. Is
there any way to fix this? other then to check the computer's manufacturer or
the video board manufacturer and see if they need ...

I want to insert a section of a downloaded podcast onto a power point slide,
I can only insert the whole of the podcast which is much too long.

How do I change the direction from vertical to horisontal / or the other way
around / for ONE dias only in a dias show plz ?
rgds Tyler

How do you create hyperlinks within a document that refer back to all of the
previous slides, as opposed to just the last slide.
i.e. if i ran through slides 4->7->12, i could only return to slide 7 or
slide 12.  I am wondering what function you need to return to slide 4, from

I use a Kensington laser pointer that has USB for advancing slides. But the
laser is weak and small diameter and doesn't show up well on the slides in a
big hall. Can anyone recommend a laser pointer that has a wide diameter and
is bright? If I can find one with USB slide-advance ...

I left my PC on over night yesterday, with an open PPT file. This morning, I
have tried inserting some images, but they are no longer being resized to
fit the slide layout! The pictures just fill the whole screen when the slide
layout is Title + Object. I have restarted the PC to ...

I have placed several objects on a slide for animation and thus many objects
have been put back by the front objects and thus making back objects hidden.
How can I change those hidden objects without moving the front objects.

Working with Powerpoint 2000
I have downloaded the templates for the 5 and 10 minute break timers.
How can I make the timer display each second during the countdown?

I want to make a slide with a circle in the middle, and six spokes coming out
from it.
I want to be able to tap on the screen of a smartboard (or press a key on my
laptop) to have the spokes appear one by one.

I'm trying to include a DropDown Menue into my Powerpoint Master.
Everytime I use this menue on different slides it automatically drops
into the background, so it doesn't work very well.
Is there any possibility to include it in a way so that it is always

If I use a smartboard to show my power point, and then write on a slide,
will/can the writing stay on the screen when I advance to the next slide?  I
am not talking about saving it on one slide before I advance to the next, I
am talking about the writing actually staying right ...

Hi, looking for advice for some advanced animation in PowerPoint.  I have a
large org chart of over 100 boxes that upon loading on the page, I want to
have each box fall to the bottom of the page like collasping house of cards
in a pile.  Is that possible in Powerpoint?  If not, ...