Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / August 2004

Using Powerpoint v.x, I have recently found that when I open the
formatting palette, it opens to a location that appears just below the
edge of my screen (it "genies" down from the menu bar to an unseen
location when opened - "genie" effect proceeds in opposite direction

I want to be able to build Powerpoint on my pc and run on
my mac with the same transitions
1. will the new Powerpoint for mac 2004 run the same
transitions ?

Is there a scripted action or something like that which will turn off
the "Check spelling as you type" preference when the document starts?
My client does not want users to have to turn it off manually... and
doesn't want the red lines to show for the medical terms PPT doesn't

In linking Excel data cells into Powerpoint, do they come over as
relative or absolute references and how do you change from one to the
other?

Okay bit the bullet and bought impatica for powerpoint.
I still have this nagging problem I can figure out and neither can the folks at
imapatica.
The tech support has been geat cllaing me from canada at first, then we've decided

Im having trouble opening a file from a educational program that I
bought. The instructions that came with the CD said the files are
PowerPoint driven and that you must have a PC and "one of the many
versions of Powerpoint" installed. "Preferred version is PowerPoint

Once again hit the boards to complain bitterly.
1.  Using ppt 2004 - REMADE many windows talks as video is NOT COMPATIBLE
when I move from ppt 2003 to mac ppt 2004.  EVERY video reinserted and
animations redone.

As I review my powerpoint presentation a black screen appears.  It seems to
be random and doesn't appear after the same slide each time.  Any help will
be appreciated.
Ken

This is probably a stupid question, but does anyone know how to insert a
custom text placeholder area on a slide master so that it can be changed on
each slide. It seems like PP only gives you a few choices. I'm on OSX.3.3
using PP v.x release 1. Any help would be great. Thanks,

Having a problem playing Flash files (saved as SWFs and Quicktimes) in PPT.
Running Office 2004 on an OSX.3.5 box.
SWFs have to be saved as version 5 (as opposed to 6 or 7) and when the
swfs or quicktimes are imported into powerpoint they play very jumpy, don't

I'm working on Windows XP. My powerpoint crash when I type in my
document the following characters "-->", automaticaly powerpoint
transform these 3 characteres in a special one (right arrow) - that
what I'm expecting - at then crash (Not expected!!)

While trying to stretch a figure in Power Point (using shift/option keys) I
accidentally deleted the bottom toolbar (I may have touched it with the
cursor and I may have hit another key, e.g., Control or the Apple key).  I
was able to get part of the bottom toolbar back but I ...

I have been using the Powerpoint X and recently upgraded to 2004.  I
discovered that my qtvr which use to play in the older version did not play in
the latest version.  I have had to go external with a hyperlink and launch the
files in QT.  All of the documentation I can find simply ...

I haven't been able to export my slide show to either quicktime or final
cut pro 3. Any suggestions?

I created some presentations in PowerPoint X with some graphs created
in Microsoft Graph.  This was straight forward and all according to
the book.
Then, I changed to Powerpoint 2004, and the texts within the graphs do