Adding a presentation template to the presentations collection (C#
Hi I am coding using Visual C#.
I can add a Word 2007 document as a template to the documents collection
like this:
Word.Application w_app;
Word._Document odoc;
w_app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application();
odoc = w_app.Documents.Add(ref file, ref missing, ref
missing, ref objFalse);
I want to do the same for PowerPoint 2007. The Presentation.Add() method
does not add a presentation template. How can I do this?
Lucy Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396966
PP 2003 Hyperlinked Slides
Hi all,
Completely at a`loss! I have created a presentation with embedded hyperlink
within some of the slides. All works fine on one pc but when I open a
burned cd with the files on, on my xp laptop the presentation opens with the
correct number of slides but without the hyperlinked graphics! Can anyone
offer a solution? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396965
Editing rehearsal timeline
I have a long, self-advancing presentation with many animations. Is there a
way to edit the rehearsal timeline for individual slides or animations
without having to redo the whole thing? This seems like an obvious feature,
but I can't find any mention of something similar.
Thanks! Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396962
powerpoint and blackboard
I'm not sure if any one is familiar with the blackboard program for schools
but... We have our lectures uploaded to blackboard and i used be able to open
the files using powerpoint 2007 however i somehow change the preferences to
where it now automatically opens it using powerpoint viewer 2003 which does
not allow me to edit, save or print the files. Anyone know how i can change
this back? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396957
Slide reverts changes after saving and re-opening
Howdy,
I have a slide presentation made up of songs.
Most of the songs slides get copied in from stand alone presentation.
I have had it happen that after editing the text that after saving the
presentation, then re-opening, that the changes have reverted back.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Brian Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396938
linking pdf files to a PowerPoint presentation In Office 2007 Stan
Hi . . . hope somebody can help. I have 4 pdf files linked to my powerpoint
pres. They open in Reader as a result of clicking a menu item in the
presentation. This seems to work fine. The presentation will be put on CD
and used as a handout. I have embedded a music clip in the presentation that
starts with the presentation and continues throughout the presentation,
despite the number of times you click or return to the main menu, EXCEPT
when I open one of these PDF files, it stops the music and it does not
restart. At one point I had this working correctly so I know it is a
possibility, but I have tried for hours to get the music to at least continue
playing after I close the pdf, or better yet, while the pdf is opened, but I
can't. What am I missing here? Thank you. I am desperate and do not want
to give up on this especially after having it working at one point in time! Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396937
HyperLink Warning Message
I have placed a hyperlink in a powerpoint slide to connect to a slide in a
second powerpoint presentation.
When running the show and I click the hyperlink, I get a warning message
that cautions me to make sure the link is from a trusted source. Then there
is a yes/no continue question. These are my presentations - how can I get
rid of the warning message?
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WolverineMarty Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396935
movie clip sound problem
trying to add a movie trailer into a presentation at work. The trailer
plays, but with no sound...any ideas? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396933
Newbie PPoint Questions
Hi All: I hope that someone from this group can help with some basic
questions.
I've been asked to purchase a projector and lap top to be used for
powerpoint presentations. I know very little about powerpoint or the
projectors. I've got a couple of basic questions.
- could I prep a presentation on my pc and save it to a disc/memory
stick and use the projector to read and play the presentation, or do
all projectors require input from a pc?
- If I use a laptop to run the presentation what is the prefered
method of connectivity to the projector. USB seems the easiest, but is
component or s-video preferable and if so would most laptops come
equiped to connect in this manner?
Thanks for all replies.
Peter H Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396931
Test Review Presentation
I'm new to powerpoint design. I have a powerpoint now that is setup so that
when the question and the distractors are shown, you can click on the slide
again and the slide will appear again with the answer at the bottom ("Answer:
A").
Somehow, this is not setup on a separate slide. The answer is there when in
the edit mode but it doesn't show until you click on the slide again after
the answer and distractors a shown.
Any tuitorial on how to set that up? I've tried copying and changing the
information on the slide but it doesn't work. Just comes up with the answer
already there.
Thanks,
Chuck Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396928
Is there an example of resize image?
Is there an example can show me how to resize image consistently by using
macro? If that macro created, does it capable with other application such as
word, excel?
Thanks Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396925
change size of powerpoint cursor
Is there a plug-in or 3rd party app that will make the powerpoint
cursor/arrow bigger? I know I can set it to Windows Large or Extra Large in
the Mouse control panel but I would prefer something that can be toggled
on/off from inside powerpoint. Ideally you could make the mouse bigger with
the + key, smaller with the - key. I would be interested in VBA pointers if
this can be done there too.
thanks Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396923
Adding Total Number of slides to the page number field in the footer
I was looking for a feature in powerpoint that would be the equivalent to
one that exists in MS Word. That is, in Word I can add a field in the
footer to read "page 5 of 12". Powerpoint only seems to have the slide
number.
I suspect this might be where VBA comes in. Anyone have some sample code to
do this? (That is if this is the solution path).
thanks Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396922
Excell Graph Label Problems
I create a column graph in Excel with a data box under the columns and paste
it in PPT. It looks great. I move to another slide, but when I return to
the slide with the graph, the labels and numbers are getting smushed
together. Everytime I leave the slide and return, they get closer and closer
together. Argh! Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396921
Adding min and max to a bar chart
How do I add a line, or mark, on a bar chart to indicate the min and max
value that was used to create the bar?
Thanks! Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396920
Not Responding errors
When I am using the custom animation on my slides, after ever selection the
program stalls, fades to a white screen, indicates it is not responding, then
resets and takes me back to where I was with the formatting that I requested
complete. I have exited the program, restarted my computer, to no avail - it
still does this little dance with every line I format. I've got 19 pages and
uncounted lines of text to format - can someone tell me why's it doing this
and how I can make it stop before I go out of my mind <grin>
Thanks! Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396919
how to add subordinates to an org chart
I have an existing org chart created by someone else that has
subordinates-of-the- subordinates all left-hanging. I cannot get my
additional subordinates to left-hang. I keep getting the message to first
select the Manager and add the layout to it, but it makes the entire org
chart unreadable. HELP!! Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396918
need to "nudge" text
Please tell me how to nudge text within powerpoint. I need to move it just a
little bit not a full space. HelP Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396907
PPT 2007 - Insert Chart Object, white background comes up
Hello!
when I have inserted a chart object from a file into a slide, the background
of the slide master shows through the chart object, which is what I want, but
If I double-click to access the object for anything, it changes to a white
background and won't change back - I have messed around with the No Fill vs.
Automatic - which Automatic is what it is set to and the charts that I
haven't messed with show up properly and the properties match when you right
click and go to format object - does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you!!!
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Chris Bean
NYS Division of the Budget Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396906
Snapshot Viewer Control resize error
I have snapshot views (.snp files) that were generated from Access. To make
these viewable in Powerpoint, I add a Snapshot Viewer Control (from the
control toolbox) on each slide and then associate them to the appropriate
.snp file.
The PROBLEM is that the snapshot viewer controls get bigger and bigger as
you page back and forth between slides in the presentation and after a few
times through block out all other content on the slides. I have tried
numerous settings (Fill, Fit, different % sizes,etc...)...but have not
figured out a way to keep the viewer control from resizing itself
automatically..any ideas?? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396905
Updating links on a running slideshow
I have a slideshow that I'm running on a loop in PowerPoint 2003, and there
are links to Excel 2003 graphs. These graphs need to be updated frequently,
and I was wondering if there is any way the running slideshow will be able to
reflect these updates automatically? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396904
Tricky Problem. Date and Time Modification
I'm trying to modify the date at the footer of a powerpoint presentation programatically to swap out the dynamically generated date with my own date, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this.
Here's what I've tried.
-finding a text range in the relevant shape objects
-changing the DateAndTime.Text in:
--SlideMaster.HeadersFooters
--NotesMaster.HeadersFooters
--TitleMaster.HeadersFooters
--slide.Master.HeadersFooters
--slide.HeadersFooters.Footer
(which changes the date, but also erases other text that might be in the shape) Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396902
Database connectivity with PowerPoint
Please let me know the answer
Is it possible to connect database with Powerpoint. If it is possible please
give me the steps to connect with database and powerpoint
With thanks
Polachan Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396887
movies in power point saved in a USB
I created a power point presentation, saved it on a USB. Works great until I
use that same USB in a secound computer, the movie will not play. Anyone know
why? Any ideas? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396884
PowerPoint2003
In custom animation I get many numbers which indicate the series of custom
animations but sometimes there are too many numbers because I am using many
animations. Screen looks cluttered with numbers and very much confusing.
Any way to reduce the numbers or put them in proper orders. Thanks Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396883
Why does timing go off in PP pres when published down to CD?
Using Microsoft Office Professional 2007. My son made a powerpoint
presentation for 4-H with slides and music (from Itunes). It works great on
our PC - timing is perfect, but when he published the PP down to a CD, the
timing is off with animation - there isn't enough time to read slides with
writing on them. Do I have to use a certain type of CD - CD-R or CD-RW? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396880
Slideshow reverts to 1st slide after 5 minutes of inactivity (kios
I'm using PowerPoint in kiosk mode to construct a photo portfolio.
After 5 minutes of inactivity (no mouse movement), the presentation
automatically reverts to the first slide.
I don't want this to occur. If art directors pause to discuss my photos and
leave an image on the screen, they'd be annoyed if they had to start over
from the beginning and find the spot where they were.
Can anyone please assist me in disabling this feature? Thanks very much!
. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396878
Powerpoint 2007 - point by point presentation
Hi,
How can I change the format of my PowerPoint presentation so it shows the
information I'm trying to display point by point instead of showing the whole
page at a time? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396873
Adding Office Guided Tour video to presentation
Hi all,
I would like to know if it is possible to somehow add video to a
presentation so that it can not be removed from the DVD. I have a training
presentation that I want to present as a demo of a project that I have done,
and would like to include the video, but, don't want the video to be able to
be copied from the DVD. Not sure this can be done, or how to do it, so if
it can, I would truly appreciate a suggestion on where I might find some
information on how to do this.
Thank you!
--
Jan :)
I'm an MS Software Instructor, I'm a PC Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396872
Re: No video playing in PPT
I did all this before I even wrote on here. Wasn't it obvious that I work
in video in powerpoint and know it well? If not, sorry...but people pay me.
"Telstar" <none@none> wrote in message news:...
>
> "Austin Myers" <austinm@grm.net> wrote in message
> news:OyN4LhkIJHA.1060@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You know, you come to me with a screwed up system that can't even play
>> videos natively
>
> NO. that is completely false. I work in Video and I have a completely
> sound system. This as a freakin LIE.
>
>
> and when I try to help you all I hear is your ranting about
>> it instead of trying the solutions I suggest to correct it. You
>> obviously have installed a lot of third party video software and there IS
>> a conflict in the system. (On that I am 100% certain.) You choices are
>> to listen to what is suggested to correct it, or not. Your choice. If
>> you chose to not follow the advice that's fine, but I would ask that you
>> remove our software and never reinstall it. Sorry if that sounds mean
>> but I can not help someone that refuses to accept it and follow through
>> on the recommendations.
>
>
> Well my students will know who to avoid. What crap.
> Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396857
Formatting Issues Making PDF of PowerPoint Notes View
Often times when we make a PDF of the Notes view in PowerPoint, the PDF has
different line breaks than the actual PowerPoint file. So, if a soft return
was used to move something to the next line, sometimes that return appears in
the middle of a paragraph and creates a large amount of blank space in a
paragraph. Thanks for any insight. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396850
convert a .pps to a.ppt
I took an existing powerpoint presentation i had and made dozens and dozens
of changes to it (about 7 hours worth....) by accident, I failed to save that
presentation as a .ppt filetype prior to saving it as a .pps filetype. Now I
have a powerpoint show (the .pps) that has all the changes I made, but the
.ppt file I'm left with is the original I had prior to all the changes I
made. Is there anyway to somehow convert the .pps back to a .ppt so i can
make more changes to it without starting from scratch again??? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396844
Hyperlink in powerpoint opens on desktop, not over slide.
I hyperlinked an icon in PowerPoint to a website. The website opens but
opens on the desktop. You must close the PowerPoint presentation to view the
website. How can I get it to open over the PowerPoint slide? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396842
Problem with Presenters mode, and graphs
We are having troubles on some new computers, where in presenters mode, the
labels and data are not being displayed. Some sides work, others don't. it
seems to be random. if you restart it might not do it again, and if it does,
it is not always the same information that is missing. the actual graph is
fine, but the text is what goes missing. It even goes missing on the
presenters screen, not just the projector.
Anyone have any ideas of what to check? I am guessing it is a problem with
the HW... but thought I would see if anyone else has seen the problem as well. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396837
Backgrounds question
Hi all.
Is it possible to use an MPEG video as a background and add text to it ?
Powerpoint 2002. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396834
User Template folder for .POTX file
Hello,
I am having some difficulty trying to locate the correct folder to place a
company PP template that I use. In 2003, I placed it in my User templates
folder and every time I did File/New I could see the .POT file and select it.
I want to do the same thing for 2007, but I cannot seem to see where the
blank presentation resides. I can put them in "My Templates but I am trying
to put them in the same folder with the Installed Templates. Can I do this
in Office 2007? If so, what is the path I should be using.
Thank you.
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Mkate Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396826
file size of ppt - problem
Hi,
i have ppt document with around 50 tables (ONLY objects as charts and tables
pasted special from Excel as links)
during each document save file becomes larger and larger (from 2 MB to 200
MB after 100 saves).
fast save is disabled.
what is the problem and how can i repair already big files?
WIN XP SP2, OFFICE 2003 PRO SP SP3
regards Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396823
Pop Ups
Is there any way to incorporate pop ups to a powerpoint presentation.
Example I have a map with several locations. I would like to some how put a
pop up in when you put your mouse over each location. any Ideas? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396806
Dialog Boxes
I am using excel to send charts to powerpoint. I can send it to a new
powerpoint with:
Set xlapp = Excel.Application
Set xlwb = xlapp.ActiveWorkbook
Set pptapp = New PowerPoint.Application
pptapp.Visible = True
Set pptpres = pptapp.Presentations.Add
However, I want to open an existing power point and wonder if it has a
dialog method as excel does:
Set xlapp = Excel.Application
sFilename = xlapp.GetOpenFilename("xls (*.xls),*.xls")
Set xlwb = xlapp.Workbooks.Open(sFilename)
Thanks for any help you can give me. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396804
presentation goes to sleep mode if stay on slide
Does anyone have suggestions as to what I need to do to prevent a Powerpoint
presentation from going into sleep mode if a speaker remains on a slide for
too long a period? Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396799
font color of hyperlink text
hello
when i select insert, action, and hyperlink an excel file to a slide, the
default font color of the highlighted text is light blue. how can i change
this defalut color to another color?
many thanks....
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exalan Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396790
Disable print and save through macro
How can i intercept the print and save commands in Powerpoint in the macro
level. In MS Word i am able to do this by giving in the commands FileSave and
FilePrint and giving my open code in the function. How do i do something
similar in MS Powerpoint. I want to show a MessageBox and cancel the
print/Save function when the user calls the same. and i want to do it
throught the Macro, not through an Add-in.
Please help. I have successfully done this for Word and Excel. but am unable
to do this in powerpoint. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396789
Powerpoint attachments
When I receive powerpoints as an attachment to emails, clicking on the
attachment geneates a security warning about trustworthy sources etc. and
when I select OK it launches Power Point Viewer to open the file but the text
in the presentation is not displayed. If I right click on the attachment and
select Preview, the file does open and show the text but I can't save this
view. Any ideas. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396787
VBA - export slide background in 2007
Hi,
Is it possible to export the slide background in office 2007 using
VBA?
I can do it in office 2003 by doing something like this:
slide.Background(1).Export "c:\test.png", ppShapeFormatPNG, 0, 0,
ppScaleToFit
But the same statement throws an exception in ppt 2007 saying that
export function doesn't apply to background shapes. Any way around
this?
Thanks!
Roy Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396786
Customize Ribbon entry
I really like the Animate: entry in the Animations ribbon. It could be a
real time saver, except that it contains options that I don't use often. Can
I change them? For example, Fade is the first entry in this list. Can I
change it to Appear?
Thanks,
Fred. Tag: Audio and Animation Tag: 396782
If I have a series of animations, how would I get audio to play throughout
that animation sequence?