Have you updated your video driver recently? Also try lowering hardware
acceleration.
Drivers and such?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00029.htm
How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com
"Rich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am using power point 2003 SP1 and pc loaded p4 3.4Ghz with 1G Mem.
> I could not see the backgroung in normal view after using design template
> but I can see from slideview.
> Even I inserted picture or clip art, I could not not see background and
> pictures.
> I only can see text.
> How can I see these things.....