Is it possible to create a .net application that could open a
PowerPoint template file and allow the user to interact with the
slides visually?  We want to be able to allow the user to change a
PowerPoint template.  For example add slides, modify fonts on existing

How do I change the pciture in a template downloaded from Microsoft

When I have a dark background, on my slide the mouse or insert marker is
virtually impossible to see. I cannot figure out how to change the setting so
that I can see what I am doing.

I have a slide deck that has an image in the background of the slide
(in the corner). I have one slide where I need the background to be
the same, but without the image. So, I used an autoshape, filled with
the background color, to cover the image. It looks fine on the slide

Why does PowerPoint 2007 always open in Master Slide View?  How can I change
it to Normal View?
THanks

Does anyone know if there is a way to force PowerPoint 2007 to remember that
you want all your texts to shrink font to fit in your text boxes without
having to go to Shape Properties every single time on every single slide to
do this?

WRT PowerPoint 2007, it appears the only way to enter chart data is thru an
embedded Excel worksheet-- is this true?  

I have a question. I love to print my powerpoint slides with notes through
the "File -> Send To -> Microsoft Word - OK > " options. In doing so,
Microsoft word opens and a lot of processing happens where slides are
injected into MS word into a table and with notes next to it in a ...

I did the following:
So, BEFORE you insert your WAV into PPT, go to Tools/Options/General and
change that number in "link sounds greater than XXX kb" to 50000. That's
50MB. Any WAV you subsequently insert will be embedded as long as it's

I have a little problem with Microsoft Powerpoint.
I have a .swf file that I want to play in a presentation.
Can I place this in Powerpoint so the file will be played when I start the
presentation?

i am getting red crosses on the charts and on the pictures inserted in the
slides...could you pleaase assist i have a presentation after few hours

We are trying to use Access 2003 and FrontPage 2002 to create multiple
calendars that can be accessed online, with an Access 2003 structure and
input from FrontPage and output from FrontPage dispayed as a calender on a
webpage, any help from somebody who has achieved this or has ...

First up, thanks to everyone who has responded to my various odball
questions :-D
Anyway, is it possible to add your own properties to displayed objects and
therefore extend them? Even better are the objects (like a text box)

i hope somebody can take me out of my misery.
we need to convert original wavs into smaller files, so have opted for mp3s.
i have in the meantime found a way to trick ppt into thinking that my mp3 is
a wav by converting it into another file that has a RIFF wav header.  the

I am looking for advice on running a short flash movie within powerpoint
2003 but I would like the background of the flash movie to be transparent or
act like an alpha channel.
I am using swishmax to create the flash.