I have  picture which I would like to display, then about 5 seconds later,
highlight one person in the picture -- ideally by fading the background, and
focusing just on this person's head. Kind of like those high school yearbook
pictures you see on Biography where they highlight ...

I am stumped by the following: I need to have slides where I have
different triggers to show different animations.
So for instance, if I click, then I fire custom animation A. If I
press, I fire animation B instead. And so on.

I made master slide with the background. I would like to have this
background repeated on the every page in my presentation and every time I
insert a new slide.
The problem arise when I have a lot of text: Complete text is squeezed to

Not sure if this is a PowerPoint or a Windows issue but here is goes:
I used to be able to alt-tab between one presentation (window) and the next,
just as if each presentation was a separate program. I have now lost this
ability (don't know how) and would like it back.

Can you create an autorun DVD of a PowerPoint presentation that will play on
a DVD player (or TV)?
I am using PowerPoint 2003.
Thanks!

Earlier version of PowerPoint, you could view a slide show in a window that
you could minimize or shrink, allowing you to view a presentation in Slide
Show mode, but allowing you to be working in other windows simultaneously.
I can not find how to accomplish that with PowerPoint ...

I am running a show type where it is browsed by an individual.  It seems
like the biggest font size I can get is 96.  I try to punch in a higher
number font, but when I go to run the show it still seems like it is 96.  Is
this a limitation in the font size in this way of running ...

Using a couple of text-buttons, can Powerpoint reveal another text object if
one button is pressed, and other object if another button is pressed?
KC

I'm currently unable to view any graphic objects on my workspace.  I can see
the objects in slideshow and in the slide sorter and the objects will print.  
I've reinstalled powerpoint 2003 with no effect.  Any ideas?

What I need to do is really simple.. in a powerpoint slide I neeed to be able
to read from txt file with a press of a button and the text appears in a
textbox with scrollbars..
this is the code that iam currently working with.. and it's not working!..

How to open powerpoint through run command window ?
Also how to enable the record narration and setting them up to work ?

Hello All, a company has training facilities with DVD players (no
computers). The training presentation that is being set up in PowerPoint is
a 'surf through' document full of hyperlinks and custom shows. As far as I
know now this interactivity is not transposable to be running ...

Hi, I have a presentation in like 45 minutes and the sound tracks are not
working on the CD to which I copied my power point to.  They work fine on my
computer, but not on the CD.... help!

I have a PPT 2003 slide show, that uses vba controls to allow the user to
dynamically change the rotation angles of two objects on a single slide,
during the presentation.
The rotation angle for one object is controlled by a spinbutton, while the

I am creating a slide show to display on a wide screen plasma television in
PowerPoint 2003... does anyone know how to set up the sildes so that they
don't distort the image when shown on a widescreen?  Everything seems to
strech and I can't get around it.   Thanks!