Dialog boxes not displaying properly on embedded objects

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

First, go to Help| Check for updates in case something has been released to
fix any issues. In addition, this may help:

PowerPoint gets the SLOWS
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00114.htm




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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

glen at powerpointworkbench dot com

Please tell us your PowerPoint version,
whether you are using vba,
whether your dog has fleas, or
anything else relevant.

 

[Guest]

Brand new laptop / XP install / Office 2003 Install
Very experienced (and baffled) Powerpoint user
Limited support from IT guys "it should work"...

When I have embedded graphics of any kind (excel object or ms graph), and
try to do simple things like "format axis", the dialog boxes that appear:
- appear very slowly (5 - 10 seconds later)
- appear blank, with just box outline
- only display their contents as you mouse over tabs / buttons

It is as if PPT just doesn't have enough resources to handle these?

I have sufficient -- but not abundant -- memory / pagefile on the machine.
Any tweaks / tips to try?

Thanks!!

 

[Guest]

Glen -- I'm a "401" user, so I've tried all the 101 -- thanks, though.

Any thoughts on file handles or other XP constraints that might affect PPT?

 

[Glen Millar]

Hi,

As an aussie, a 404 is a lost web page!

Anyway. One area my be low virtual memory. If the computer has values that
are manually set, you could try increasing them. Normal formulae is the
minimum at twice the amount of available ram.

While on the matter of ram, how much ram is on the machine? Embedded
documents are hard on ram.


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Regards,

Glen Millar
Microsoft PPT MVP
www.powerpointworkbench.com

Australia

glen at powerpointworkbench dot com

Please tell us your PowerPoint version,
whether you are using vba,
whether your dog has fleas, or
anything else relevant.

 

[Brian Reilly, MVP]

In addition to Glen's comments, try turning the hardware acceleration
down all the way. If it gets better you can then increase it step by
step to the last acceptable level.
Might or might not help.
Brian Reilly, MVP