Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / October 2006

I have a new MacBook Pro with the Intel processor & Mac OS X 10.4.8.
When I start a PowerPoint program it takes approximately 3 seconds per
slide to startup and PP frequently quits unexpectedly. Most slides are
.ppt photos. I finally gave up and used my Dell PC for my last

Can multiple master slides be applied to one PPT deck? If so, how?

Hi...I've got a brand new MacPro laptop and the PPT 2004..I've created
slide show with one of my iTunes tracks playing thoughout th
presentation. I want the show to loop...play continuously and the musi
as well. I put in 999 for music to play however, it only plays for

Does any one know how to setup a presentation with both landscape adn
portrait slides in the same presentation?

Once I have embedded a picture into a PowerPoint presentation as a
background, can I extract it or amend it?

I use PP for mac 2004 v 11.3 on a TiBook 500 MHz running 10.4.8
When I try to use the presenter tool the Image of the current frame is
blank (white). The smaller image of the slides on the left (including
the current) are OK and the presentation picture on the seprate dispaly

I'm unable to enter any data directly into the datasheet of a graph I
created in PowerPoint 2004 Version 11.3.  I'm using a MacBook Pro.  The
datasheet cell seems locked when attempting to enter data in the cell.
I've tried creating several graphs and am running into the same

Is there a way to stop and then edit any of those amusing 'automatically run'
.pps files (usually received via e-mail from friends) ? How can I 'break
into' a .pps in order to, say, change some of the text and re-save?
I've been searching MS web-sites for clues as to how to 'lock' ...

I've switched to Mac and would love to change the outline view from an
outline to slide miniatures that I was used to on my old PC.  Or would
like to at least figure out a way to scroll with the arrow keys or page
up/down from one slide to the next, without skipping slides.  I found

Is there any way to add my own slide design templates to the Change
Slides section of the Formatting Palette? I'd like to have them
available at a click just like the ones that come default with the
program.

Hi there, Do you know where I can find a magnifying glass effect for
powerpoint? The ideal would be as an add-in in the toolbar... Thanks
for your help.

We have seen this twice now. With a MacBook Pro and a PowerBook 12" -
both 10.4.7 and prior to 11.3.0 update. The tools keep showing up on
the projector screen, even if we change the menubar, etc. Can't get the
tools on the laptop display!

i am trying to allow the instructors notes to stay on the operators station
but to remain hidden when shown through the projector using only one
computer.Is it possible if so help would be appreciated.

I am a system administrator with about 60 users on
G5 Macs with microsoft office 2004
after we upgraded to Tiger,
we noticed that when making a powerpoint package

How do I mark all text boxes in all slides in PowerPoint with one command?
This is necessary when
- I want all my texts with English spell checking (standard is German)
- When I have to change from a black on white text to a white on black text