I can extract the text in a cell of a table using this
myString = myShape.Table.Cell(myRowVal, myColVal).Shape.AlternativeText
How do I get the background color for the same cell using VBA?   I know how
to convert the color to the 3 components.  

Everything was fine last night when I shut down.....however, this morning
when I opened my powerpoint files (all of them) on my laptop, the fonts
(alphabets) are all collapsed on top of each other.  I have spent the last
one hour trying to do everything I know of to fix it with ...

I recently installed Office 2007 along with Service Pack 1 and noticed
that when I open 2003 Powerpoint decks, all of the bullets are
stripped out of the presentation.  When I select the 'bullets'
dropdown, only 2 defined types appear.  Can anyone offer any help or

I have a Power point presentation someone sent to me with a sound file that I
cannot locate the sound icon. How can I find the sound Icon? I dont want to
turn off the sound, but I would like to know where to find it.

OK, here is the situation. I have recorded narration for each slide along
with animated clicks.  Afterwards, I save the timings.  However, I want the
viewer of the show to be able to advance to the next slide when they are
ready.  In the process of recording narration and saving the ...

I have created an email template in the form of a .msg file and need to
launch it from within a presentation or .PPS file.
The steps I have taken are...
1. import as an object

I've been trying to use a PowerPoint action button to run a macro, but even
though I've selected the appropriate option on the action settings menu
absolutely nothing happens. The hyperlink option works, but it seems as if
the button simply isn't connected to the 'run macro' ...

I transferred a powerpoint presentation from a dvd to my documents folder and
the associated movies with it. I went through and deleted the movies and
reinserted them and when asked I answered "click to start". When working the
slideshow this effect does not work. I use a Targus ...

Ok so i want to send a power point to a client and i want it so when the file
opens, it automatically goes into the show. Is this possible?

How can I view files via email when sent as a Power Point file?  Currently
running Windows XP w/ a MSN email address.
JB

I downloaded PP but everytime it is displayed it will not allow me to type
anything in the "click to add notes" section.  At the very top it says power
point [read -only] how do I turn the [read-only] option off.

In my workplace, the Office Suite is the standard. I use Powerpoint daily. My
need is to combine multiple PowerPoint files in order to get them to a Xerox
high speed printer. In order to do this I need to pdf files, combine the
files together and send to the printer so that it is ...

I'm trying to develop a website for PowerPoint templates, but I am having a
hard time finding information on who uses PowerPoint.
I've found that total users worldwide is 200-250 million but I can't find
out anymore.

Is Powerpoint 2003 backward compatible to 2002?
Is 2002 nd 2003 Vista compatible? Have school projects
created in PP2003 Vista and want to work at home on PP2002 XP SP2 and back
again to to 2003 Vista.

exported ppt slide to jpg by 2 ways
1.   used vba export method to export the slide
   but for higher resolution i.e. 1024 *1024 the image is shrinked and
blank color