Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / July 2004

Twice over the weekend I have lost presentation files. Powerpoint 2004
crashes and the file has totally dissapeard from the hard disk.
Can anyone help.
I am desperate.

Does anyone know how to password protect powerpoint
presentations please? All the help options point to a
security tab which doesn't exist on Powerpoint X For Macs.
Thanks

I just discovered that much of the advanced animation in PPT 2003 does
not work in PowerPoint Viewer. So, since the only way a PowerPoint
Show works is by using PowerPoint Viewer, I can't seem to find a way
to make it so that my client only has to click a file and have the

My slides are JPEGs fro screen capture.  I capture from  less than a
full screen.  The individual slides look perfect.  When I run slide
show the displayed slides are expanded so that they do not fit on the
screen.  It does not matter whether I use full screen or window mode

I used Screen Catcher to capture full windows.  I insert them into PP
and all is well.  Each window is more than a screen in length.  Each
individual slide works perfectly with a scroll bar that lets me see
the entire window.  However when I run slide show all I get is the

I'm trying to create a simple web page with powerpoint for
somebody that doesn't have access to anything else better

doing this on a Mac and I want thumbnails to open up the

I still love my Mac, but I now need some PowerPoint advice
from the Windows end. Thus, please direct me to a
PowerPoint-for-Windows forum! Thanks.

I know that there are PC versions of the app as well as one for 98 but does
anyone know of a/the program that lets you view PowerPoint 2004 documents
with out having to own PowerPoint.
If you don't quite understand what I mean, here is the link to the 98 viewer

Can a person, authoring in PowerPoint Mac 2004, expect to distribute a
file created in that version to PC users using versions 2003 and/or
2000 without any playback concerns, particularly video playback?
And if there are issues/concerns where would I find a list?

I have a Nikon D70 camera, which settings are set to fine
print. These saves an image of around 1.2mb. I've have a
current workaround where I have to save the image to the
deskstop so this can then be dropped into a slideshow. The

Hi, I have received a PowerPoint presentation in which a
pic was embedded. I, however, cannot see it and instead
get the message "QuickTime and TIFF decompressor
required". Do anyone know what I need to do?

I am creating a large slide show with an aiff soundtrack. When I play it back
the sound sputters and jumps .. besides being very annoying it throws the
timing off. What is the best way to optimize the presentation'
Thanks

Co-worker sent me a PP slide created in Office 97, I can only view one
slide, and only partial at that. What is even stranger, is that this
happens in both Mac PP '04 AND Keynote...same problem.
Ideas?

When I animate typography in my ppt (Windows PPt 1998 / mac 9.2)
the typo becomes jagged, even in the presentation modus.
When I print out slides in Black and White, white lines become black.
What can I do?

I could use some help drawing a circle with 2 gradated colors radiating from
center out into the 2nd color.
When I select the circle, then fill color > fill effects:  selecting ³from
center,²  ³2 colors²  -- I get a circle with a gradated square in the