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You know how when you move your cursor over a command button a little box will pop up telling you what that button is? Is there anyway to get something like that in Power Point? We have a map of our campus and we would like to set it up so that when you move the mouse over a building a little box would pop up w... 8 May 2008 16:26

Open multiple excel spreadsheet from ppt VBA
I used set wksheet1=XLApplication.workbooks.open(excel filename as string).worksheet("ws1") and it did work. But I don't know how to open another worksheet from the same excel file. thanks, ... 9 May 2008 11:28

Video playback in Poweroint 2007 using Windows XP
I recently purchased a new HP laptop computer. I ordered it with Windows XP but I have Office 2007 installed. I am a frequent user of Powerpoint. I have tried inserting standard .wmv video files but they won't play. So I used my old computer with Windows XP but Poweroint 2003 and created a presentation with a ... 8 May 2008 17:14

Is there a substring function in ppt vba?
And how does it work? ... 8 May 2008 17:14

Document font sizes change on different machine
I am running PPT 2003 w/ SP2. When I open presentations given to me by several other users in the office, the fonts resize or reformat on their own when I open the file. For example, a font may format to bold that was normal typface, or it may grow by a size. I checked the same files on another user's mach... 8 May 2008 19:35

Shape (unknown member) : Invalidid request. To select a shape, its view must be active.
Hi. This is my first attempt to write a PowerPoint macro though I've written lots of Excel macros. I have a few questions: First, I'm trying to write a simple macro that will loop through all of the slides in the open PowerPoint presentation and identify each embedded Excel worksheet and activate it (the reason ... 8 May 2008 19:35

Audio setup in PPT 2007
Using PPT 2007 in XP home for the first time (used PPT 97 previously) to create a birthday montage. I have a few .wav files to include, and I want each to span over a specified number of slides. I'm using Rehearse Timings which I believed would allow me to set the exact number of seconds the clip played per ind... 8 May 2008 16:26

How can I type foreign accents without using insert symbols?
I teach foreign languages and always struggle with the fact that I cannot as easily type foreign accents in Powerpoints as I can in Word where this is not difficult at all. In Powerpoint I have to use the "Insert Symbol" function for every accent which takes so much time. Does anyone have some advice on how I c... 9 May 2008 01:51

Since installing SP 3 we can no longer open ppsm files
Since installing SP 3 we can no longer open ppsm files. This is because the open command in the file association is deleted for some reason. Anyone can tell me some alternative to reenable the same. ... 8 May 2008 20:23

how to refer to an excel spreadsheet from powerpoint?
I need to copy some data from an excel spreadsheet to power point. How can I refer to the spreadsheet from ppt vba? thanks ... 8 May 2008 14:52