Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / August 2005

Two questions:
I'm trying to create a family tree using Powerpoint's Organization
Chart feature. While it is simple enough to create one parent box with
two subordinate boxes, I can't figure out how to do the opposite (two

I am using Office 2004 on a Mac running OS X 10.4 and after editing the PPT
(originally created on an XP machine in Office 2003), I cannot open it on
the PC again. I am simply moving the file using a USB memory stick.
Thanks

I am running Mac Office 2004.
If I want to run two presentations consecutively with the
slideshowsettings.run command, how do I prevent the second show
interrupting the first.  If I put the two run commands directly after

I am using Powerpoint 2004 Mac, but I can't seems to create ppt with videos
that can playback successfully in windows platform. I know many people would
say that you can't insert quicktime movie in your presentation if you want
to port it to windows, but I have tried many ...

I know, how I can make a template and where I have to save it, so I can see
the template in the "new file dialog window".
but how can I impact the objects, that I can see in the formatpallet at "add
objects" (I don't know, if this are the correct words - I have the german

I cannot open any *.ppt files that I created in my office on a PC with
MS PPT 2000 on my iMac at home (well, I know that it is a shame to use
a PC, but so far I have not been successful in convincing my employer
to switch systems). On the mac I use MS Office 2004 (11.1.1) running on

I've been having alot of problems with PowerPoint 2004 on Tiger
(most recent updates of both). Its incredibly slow, to the point
where I can barely edit the slides (several second delay between
keystroke and action). It seems to get worse the longer the

Recently I prepared ppt on my Mac, OSX, Office X .
It works great from a CD ROM copy on other macs, but
i tested it on a pc, and it worked ok except that a few
of the slides appeared sideways ( the image was distorted because

When a .ppt is saved as a web site, the symbols, bullets, and quotes are not
translated into web entities. BBEdits "Translate" utility can be run on the
.htm files for slide text, but the bullets seem to be some sort of .css
style.  Can I modify it?

In a Powerpoint presentation with 50 slides and half a dozen text boxes
on every slide, how do I change spell checking from German to U.S.
English in one stroke? This is no problem in a Microsoft word document,
but I have failed miserably in Powerpoint.

It seems that recently I cannot cusomize the toolbars. When I select
this command the modifiable menu bar appears below the real one but
there is no dialog to allow editing of toolbars. One cannot see to
select icons or commands to drag to the toolbars. Since does not appear

I've tried to import a flash animation in a powerpoint (2004)
presentation. The flash animation reacts weird in powerpoint. In the
older versions of powerpoint there's no problem. How can I fix this
problem in ppt 2004?

I have a user who cannot use a particular PP presentation.  Once the file is
opened, if you try to go into slide sorter or view the presentation it locks
up.  I have tried everything from resaving (Save As causes the problem to
happen as well) to reinstalling office.  All the ...

On slide transitions the effect is jumpy, not smooth at all. I have
redone presentations, re-installed Office 2004 again, repeated
presentations but still the effects are jumpy. I have an iBook with 600
MHz and 384 SDRAM. I inmcrease to 612 and still jumpy. Any ideas?

I have a 2005 12" 1,GHz PB with max memory (1,25 Gb).
The PP 2004 is so painfully slow that while writing text on slide it
takes about an second to one character to show up while typing...since
I do touch type the screen update is usually several words behind.