Powerpoint

slide transitions w/ custom animation
I have a ppt presentation w/ custom animation set for five-second intervals automatically. However, after the last graphic or text box appears, the slide transitions nearly instantaneously to the next slide. I have the slide transitions set for five seconds throughout the entire presentation. Is there an easy way to s... 8 May 2008 02:51

Keyboard activation in Presentation mode
Is it possible without vba to have an action button behave as a keyboard keystroke? For example, I create an "A" key; in presentation mode someone clicks the key and it prints out an "A". Will I need to use activex buttons instead? I thought about pure trigger animation and building the characters myself throug... 8 May 2008 14:52

How do I change the default that opens new file when PPT is opened
I'm becoming annoyed at a new file opening every time I open PowerPoint -- how do I change that default? ... 8 May 2008 04:25

Motion Path Accuracy
I'm just starting to use motion paths to develop some animations, and I'm having trouble making them accurate enough to keep my objects aligned. For example, say I have a group of four boxes (upper left, upper right, lower left, lower right) that form a grid. I want to show those boxes moving around to show a... 8 May 2008 15:39

Copy Excel data to a large table in a ppt slide
I have a large data table in power point, the content of which mainly comes from excel spreadsheet. I cannot use copy and paste as the table doesn't exist in excel. I want to build a vba to copy data from excel to power point directly whenever there is an update. However, it is difficult to point to the correct... 8 May 2008 17:14

PowerPoint 2003 - Disable Autosize
My company has standards for PPT font sizes, etc. However, I find that whenever I create a presentation, PowerPoint takes it upon itself to resize my fonts without my permission. Is there a way to shut this off? ... 8 May 2008 18:48

Track Changes
Hello, I'm using PPT 2002 on a Windows XP SP2 computer. How can I share a PPT file with another user and both of us be able to track changes? Thanks. ... 7 May 2008 16:39

Stretching WordArt
In PPT2003 you could stretch text vertically or horizontally - but in 2007 it seems that this function no longer exists - but essentially treats all text the same - it maintains the proportions of the fonts. This is a big step backwards if true - despite the great 3-D effects that you can otherwise apply. Am I ... 8 May 2008 21:57

Opening Excel Files from Powerpoint VBA
I need to open some excel files from powerpoint VBA and also to copy some cells over to one slide. I don't know how to write the vb code in powerpoint. Does anyone know? thanks ... 7 May 2008 15:51

vids:xvid decompressor
When I try and follow the instructions to put video into powerpoint, it returns the error message: video not available cannot find 'vids:xvids' decompressor I can view the video through the media player. Do you have any ideas? Please return me!!! ... 7 May 2008 15:51