Powerpoint file accesses the web, how, where, what, why ?

K

Kathy J

Clea,
Check in your temp files. Or, do a search for the file name, but make sure
that you are searching hidden files and system files. I am guessing that it
is in the Internet Temp space for your system.

(I've been following along in the background with interest. haven't had
anything to add, but am hoping to hear what the answer turns out to be for
future reference...)

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clea said:
I saved as html, and this is all it saved. It must be referencing the
actual material from somewhere else, because this html file is only 3k, but
the attachment is close to 1M.
How does it know where to find the 2004 NSM Breakout v2b.htm file? that
might shed some light on this.

=======================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=PowerPoint.Slide>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft PowerPoint 9">
<link id=Main-File rel=Main-File href="../2004%20NSM%20Breakout%20v2b.htm">
<link rel=Preview href=preview.wmf>
<title>Title Here</title>
<![if !ppt]><script src=script.js></script><script>
<!--
var gNavLoaded = gOtlNavLoaded = gOtlLoaded = false;
function Load()
{
str=document.location.hash,idx=str.indexOf('#')
if(idx>=0) str=str.substr(1);
if(str) PPTSld.location.replace(str);
}
//-->
</script><![endif]>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,25" frameborder=0>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" id=PPTHorizAdjust framespacing=2>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtl>
<frameset rows="100%,*" id=PPTVertAdjust framespacing=2 frameborder=1
onload="Load()">
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTSld>
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTNts>
</frameset>
</frameset>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" framespacing=2 frameborder=0>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtlNav scrolling=no noresize>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTNav scrolling=no noresize>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
=====================

Echo S said:
I'd probably save the file as HTML and then view it in IE to see if the
Click to expand...
source info has any oddball URLs in them.
I'd probably try the same thing with the Outlook email itself. Save as a
Click to expand...
TXT file and then see if there's anything in the HTML code which points to
the competitor site. I don't know much about this, but there are 1-pixel
tracking gifs and things like that which may be the source of the problem.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
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G

Guest

Hm. the full link seems to be missing in this information, so I'd check in your temporary internet files folder as Kathy suggested. That may shed some light.

I'd also check the HTML of the Outlook email itself. Double-click to open the message in Outlook, then File/Save as/HTML. Open the HTML in IE and use View/Source to see if there are any hidden URLs in there.

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Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com



clea said:
I saved as html, and this is all it saved. It must be referencing the
actual material from somewhere else, because this html file is only 3k, but
the attachment is close to 1M.
How does it know where to find the 2004 NSM Breakout v2b.htm file? that
might shed some light on this.

=======================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=PowerPoint.Slide>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft PowerPoint 9">
<link id=Main-File rel=Main-File href="../2004%20NSM%20Breakout%20v2b.htm">
<link rel=Preview href=preview.wmf>
<title>Title Here</title>
<![if !ppt]><script src=script.js></script><script>
<!--
var gNavLoaded = gOtlNavLoaded = gOtlLoaded = false;
function Load()
{
str=document.location.hash,idx=str.indexOf('#')
if(idx>=0) str=str.substr(1);
if(str) PPTSld.location.replace(str);
}
//-->
</script><![endif]>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,25" frameborder=0>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" id=PPTHorizAdjust framespacing=2>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtl>
<frameset rows="100%,*" id=PPTVertAdjust framespacing=2 frameborder=1
onload="Load()">
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTSld>
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTNts>
</frameset>
</frameset>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" framespacing=2 frameborder=0>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtlNav scrolling=no noresize>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTNav scrolling=no noresize>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
=====================

Echo S said:
I'd probably save the file as HTML and then view it in IE to see if the
Click to expand...
source info has any oddball URLs in them.
I'd probably try the same thing with the Outlook email itself. Save as a
Click to expand...
TXT file and then see if there's anything in the HTML code which points to
the competitor site. I don't know much about this, but there are 1-pixel
tracking gifs and things like that which may be the source of the problem.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
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C

clea

Well, i didn't find the reference on my hard drive as kathy suggested, but i
found a folder that must have been created when i saved as html as you
suggested. There is a lot of .html .jpg .png, a few .xml, and a few strange
ones: preview.wmf, oledata.mso, editdata.mso, image.wmz, and slide.emz
are any of these suspicious?

clea said:
I saved as html, and this is all it saved. It must be referencing the
actual material from somewhere else, because this html file is only 3k, but
the attachment is close to 1M.
How does it know where to find the 2004 NSM Breakout v2b.htm file? that
might shed some light on this.

=======================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=PowerPoint.Slide>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft PowerPoint 9">
<link id=Main-File rel=Main-File href="../2004%20NSM%20Breakout%20v2b.htm">
<link rel=Preview href=preview.wmf>
<title>Title Here</title>
<![if !ppt]><script src=script.js></script><script>
<!--
var gNavLoaded = gOtlNavLoaded = gOtlLoaded = false;
function Load()
{
str=document.location.hash,idx=str.indexOf('#')
if(idx>=0) str=str.substr(1);
if(str) PPTSld.location.replace(str);
}
//-->
</script><![endif]>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,25" frameborder=0>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" id=PPTHorizAdjust framespacing=2>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtl>
<frameset rows="100%,*" id=PPTVertAdjust framespacing=2 frameborder=1
onload="Load()">
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTSld>
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTNts>
</frameset>
</frameset>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" framespacing=2 frameborder=0>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtlNav scrolling=no noresize>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTNav scrolling=no noresize>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
=====================

Echo S said:
I'd probably save the file as HTML and then view it in IE to see if the
Click to expand...
source info has any oddball URLs in them.
I'd probably try the same thing with the Outlook email itself. Save as a
Click to expand...
TXT file and then see if there's anything in the HTML code which points to
the competitor site. I don't know much about this, but there are 1-pixel
tracking gifs and things like that which may be the source of the problem.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
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S

Steve Rindsberg

That would be the PPT file saved as HTML? Echo meant to save the message the
file was attached to as TXT. That may shed more light.



I saved as html, and this is all it saved. It must be referencing the
actual material from somewhere else, because this html file is only 3k, but
the attachment is close to 1M.
How does it know where to find the 2004 NSM Breakout v2b.htm file? that
might shed some light on this.

=======================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=PowerPoint.Slide>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft PowerPoint 9">
<link id=Main-File rel=Main-File href="../2004%20NSM%20Breakout%20v2b.htm">
<link rel=Preview href=preview.wmf>
<title>Title Here</title>
<![if !ppt]><script src=script.js></script><script>
<!--
var gNavLoaded = gOtlNavLoaded = gOtlLoaded = false;
function Load()
{
str=document.location.hash,idx=str.indexOf('#')
if(idx>=0) str=str.substr(1);
if(str) PPTSld.location.replace(str);
}
//-->
</script><![endif]>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,25" frameborder=0>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" id=PPTHorizAdjust framespacing=2>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtl>
<frameset rows="100%,*" id=PPTVertAdjust framespacing=2 frameborder=1
onload="Load()">
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTSld>
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTNts>
</frameset>
</frameset>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" framespacing=2 frameborder=0>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtlNav scrolling=no noresize>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTNav scrolling=no noresize>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
=====================

Echo S said:
I'd probably save the file as HTML and then view it in IE to see if the
Click to expand...
source info has any oddball URLs in them.
I'd probably try the same thing with the Outlook email itself. Save as a
Click to expand...
TXT file and then see if there's anything in the HTML code which points to
the competitor site. I don't know much about this, but there are 1-pixel
tracking gifs and things like that which may be the source of the problem.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
Click to expand...
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S

Steve Rindsberg

Well, i didn't find the reference on my hard drive as kathy suggested, but i
found a folder that must have been created when i saved as html as you
suggested. There is a lot of .html .jpg .png, a few .xml, and a few strange
ones: preview.wmf, oledata.mso, editdata.mso, image.wmz, and slide.emz
are any of these suspicious?
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I don't think so but I wouldn't expect them to be. What you're looking at is,
taken as a whole, the HTML version of the original PPT file.

Since the original PPT file on its own doesn't trigger the attempt to connect
to the net, I wouldn't expect any of this stuff to do so either.

Back to Outlook, I think ...

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Guest

Steve Rindsberg said:
I don't think so but I wouldn't expect them to be. What you're looking at is,
taken as a whole, the HTML version of the original PPT file.

Since the original PPT file on its own doesn't trigger the attempt to connect
to the net, I wouldn't expect any of this stuff to do so either.

Back to Outlook, I think ...
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Yes. I meant for Joey to save the actual Outlook message. I was thinking maybe there's a tracking GIF in there or something...

Echo
 
C

clea

I saved the message as text, didn't notice anything. Then I took the saved
file from my hard drive, created a new email, attached the file, sent it to
myself, and I still get the popup about web access! So now I think it rules
out the email and points back to the .ppt !!?!!
On both the original email, and my newly created email (I use Outlook) if I
double click on the message to open it in it's own window, I don't get the
paperclip icon in the upper right, it displays the attachment in a frame
down at the bottom of the email. When I click on the attachment down there,
I do NOT get the web access popups. (Also, reminder, opening the .ppt from
the hard drive does not give a popup.)
The only way I get the popups is if I am in Outlook, viewing the email in
the preview window/frame, and there is a paperclip, I click on the
paperclip, then click on the filename, then I get the web access popups.
How could .ppt know how it was being opened?
I got zero responses from the microsoft.public.outlook newsgroup. Maybe I
should try a new post with a more sensational headline...
I sure appreciate all your suggestions.
thanks

Steve Rindsberg said:
That would be the PPT file saved as HTML? Echo meant to save the message the
file was attached to as TXT. That may shed more light.



I saved as html, and this is all it saved. It must be referencing the
actual material from somewhere else, because this html file is only 3k, but
the attachment is close to 1M.
How does it know where to find the 2004 NSM Breakout v2b.htm file? that
might shed some light on this.

=======================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=PowerPoint.Slide>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft PowerPoint 9">
<link id=Main-File rel=Main-File href="../2004%20NSM%20Breakout%20v2b.htm">
<link rel=Preview href=preview.wmf>
<title>Title Here</title>
<![if !ppt]><script src=script.js></script><script>
<!--
var gNavLoaded = gOtlNavLoaded = gOtlLoaded = false;
function Load()
{
str=document.location.hash,idx=str.indexOf('#')
if(idx>=0) str=str.substr(1);
if(str) PPTSld.location.replace(str);
}
//-->
</script><![endif]>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,25" frameborder=0>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" id=PPTHorizAdjust framespacing=2>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtl>
<frameset rows="100%,*" id=PPTVertAdjust framespacing=2 frameborder=1
onload="Load()">
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTSld>
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTNts>
</frameset>
</frameset>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" framespacing=2 frameborder=0>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtlNav scrolling=no noresize>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTNav scrolling=no noresize>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
=====================

Echo S said:
I'd probably save the file as HTML and then view it in IE to see if
Click to expand...
the
source info has any oddball URLs in them.
I'd probably try the same thing with the Outlook email itself. Save as
Click to expand...
a
TXT file and then see if there's anything in the HTML code which points to
the competitor site. I don't know much about this, but there are 1-pixel
tracking gifs and things like that which may be the source of the problem.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

--
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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S

Steve Rindsberg

I saved the message as text, didn't notice anything. Then I took the saved
file from my hard drive, created a new email, attached the file, sent it to
myself, and I still get the popup about web access! So now I think it rules
out the email and points back to the .ppt !!?!!
Click to expand...

Oh geez. If it gets any weirder, we're gonna have to arm you against snarling
alien heads exploding out of your monitor. ;-)

But one thing: are you on an always-on net connection? Is the connection
active both when you're opening the presentation from Outlook and when you're
opening the PPT itself, standalone?

Is the PPT file/email big or proprietary? If not, and if you'd like to forward
it to me to have a look, go for it: steve at-sign pptools dot com
On both the original email, and my newly created email (I use Outlook) if I
double click on the message to open it in it's own window, I don't get the
paperclip icon in the upper right, it displays the attachment in a frame
down at the bottom of the email. When I click on the attachment down there,
I do NOT get the web access popups. (Also, reminder, opening the .ppt from
the hard drive does not give a popup.)
The only way I get the popups is if I am in Outlook, viewing the email in
the preview window/frame, and there is a paperclip, I click on the
paperclip, then click on the filename, then I get the web access popups.
How could .ppt know how it was being opened?
I got zero responses from the microsoft.public.outlook newsgroup. Maybe I
should try a new post with a more sensational headline...
Click to expand...

Something about aliens coming out of the monitor, maybe? ;-)
I sure appreciate all your suggestions.
thanks

Steve Rindsberg said:
That would be the PPT file saved as HTML? Echo meant to save the message the
file was attached to as TXT. That may shed more light.



I saved as html, and this is all it saved. It must be referencing the
actual material from somewhere else, because this html file is only 3k, but
the attachment is close to 1M.
How does it know where to find the 2004 NSM Breakout v2b.htm file? that
might shed some light on this.

=======================
<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=PowerPoint.Slide>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft PowerPoint 9">
<link id=Main-File rel=Main-File href="../2004%20NSM%20Breakout%20v2b.htm">
<link rel=Preview href=preview.wmf>
<title>Title Here</title>
<![if !ppt]><script src=script.js></script><script>
<!--
var gNavLoaded = gOtlNavLoaded = gOtlLoaded = false;
function Load()
{
str=document.location.hash,idx=str.indexOf('#')
if(idx>=0) str=str.substr(1);
if(str) PPTSld.location.replace(str);
}
//-->
</script><![endif]>
</head>

<frameset rows="*,25" frameborder=0>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" id=PPTHorizAdjust framespacing=2>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtl>
<frameset rows="100%,*" id=PPTVertAdjust framespacing=2 frameborder=1
onload="Load()">
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTSld>
<frame src=slide0001.htm name=PPTNts>
</frameset>
</frameset>
<frameset cols="20%,80%" framespacing=2 frameborder=0>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTOtlNav scrolling=no noresize>
<frame src=outline.htm name=PPTNav scrolling=no noresize>
</frameset>
</frameset>

</html>
=====================


I'd probably save the file as HTML and then view it in IE to see if the
source info has any oddball URLs in them.

I'd probably try the same thing with the Outlook email itself. Save as a
TXT file and then see if there's anything in the HTML code which points to
the competitor site. I don't know much about this, but there are 1-pixel
tracking gifs and things like that which may be the source of the problem.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com
presenter, PPT Live '04
Oct 10-13, San Diego http://www.powerpointlive.com
Click to expand...

--
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PPTools: www.pptools.com
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October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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clea

Ha!
Yes, always-on high speed connection, active all the time.
It is about 800K file, and yes proprietary.
Now that I know about sending it to myself and it still has it, i will retry
the cut-it-in-half idea until I can localize which page(s) do this. I
will try to find a non-proprietary page, or delete the text or graphics, and
send you the problem.
thanks
-----------------------
 
S

Steve Rindsberg

Ha!
Yes, always-on high speed connection, active all the time.
It is about 800K file, and yes proprietary.
Now that I know about sending it to myself and it still has it, i will retry
the cut-it-in-half idea until I can localize which page(s) do this. I
will try to find a non-proprietary page, or delete the text or graphics, and
send you the problem.
Click to expand...

Great ... 800k's no problem, so once you delete the proprietary stuff, shoot it
along.
thanks
Click to expand...

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C

clea

OK, using a combination of advices from here, I pared down the file until I
found just the one picture that is "phoning home". It does it when I open
the .ppt from the hard drive, does not rely on outlook at all. Apparently
when I opened the big file from the hard drive, it only displayed the first
page, and did not "run" any of the later pages, but when I opened it from
Outlook, it would "run" the later pages upon first opening it.
I think it is a .jpg. Can you embed automatic stuff inside a .jpg?
Anyhoo, I will email this to Steve, thanks for looking at it.
 
S

Steve Rindsberg

I bet that JPG was copied from the web and the paste left some of those HTML tags.

(I think one of us mentioned something about that as a possibility in one of the posts in this thread.)
Click to expand...

I'm wondering the same, but why the heck won't it trigger an attempt to go over
the walls here?

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S

Steve Rindsberg

OK, using a combination of advices from here, I pared down the file until I
found just the one picture that is "phoning home". It does it when I open
the .ppt from the hard drive, does not rely on outlook at all.
Click to expand...

Which I now have a copy of ... thanks. And to keep everyone posted on the fun,
the same file here doesn't phone home in any version of PPT I've tried so far,
2000, 2002 and 2003.
when I opened the big file from the hard drive, it only displayed the first
page, and did not "run" any of the later pages, but when I opened it from
Outlook, it would "run" the later pages upon first opening it.
I think it is a .jpg. Can you embed automatic stuff inside a .jpg?
Click to expand...

Pictures can have links and I guess JPGs can have buffer overrun code that can
affect browsers; not sure what it'd do with PPT. Hmm. When you bring up the
PPT, it's not coming up in Internet Explorer ... it's opening IN PowerPoint,
right?

Anyhoo, I will email this to Steve, thanks for looking at it.
Click to expand...

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C

clea

Correct, it opens IN powerpoint.
Glad I got you hooked, maybe you will figure it out!!!
I'm assuming you have a firewall that will alert you, and that you have not
already given powerpoint permission to access the 'net. I use Kerio, and it
has an admin page where i can delete items from having permission.


 
S

Steve Rindsberg

Correct, it opens IN powerpoint.
Glad I got you hooked, maybe you will figure it out!!!
I'm assuming you have a firewall that will alert you, and that you have not
already given powerpoint permission to access the 'net. I use Kerio, and it
has an admin page where i can delete items from having permission.
Click to expand...

Yep - I installed the free ZoneAlarm version on one of the PCs and verified
that it squawks when it's supposed to.



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C

clea

Steve may be too humble to brag, but he found the link after a bit of super
sleuthing.
I can't explain the intracies of it, but he made a sort of demo on his
website to demonstrate how I got confused by this.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00613.htm
The good news is that it appears accidental and innoccuous (not spying.)
The bad news is that I wasted several hours of Steve's time.
The good news is that maybe Steve learned something new.

You really should browse Steve's website. It appears quite simple on first
glance, but there is a WEALTH of information under the surface. The PPT
Advanced Search may help you find what you want on his site, it is a few
paragraphs down here:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/

Thanks Steve!

 
K

Kathy J

Clea:
You have just learned one of the most important lessons in PPT: Steve's site
will have the answer. If it doesn't, he'll add it when he finds it. Doesn't
matter the problem, long as it is related to PPT he'll provide information
on it. He's my hero!

--
Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
Get PowerPoint answers at http://www.powerpointanswers.com
Featured Presenter at PPT 2004 - http://www.pptlive/com

I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

clea said:
Steve may be too humble to brag, but he found the link after a bit of super
sleuthing.
I can't explain the intracies of it, but he made a sort of demo on his
website to demonstrate how I got confused by this.
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00613.htm
The good news is that it appears accidental and innoccuous (not spying.)
The bad news is that I wasted several hours of Steve's time.
The good news is that maybe Steve learned something new.

You really should browse Steve's website. It appears quite simple on first
glance, but there is a WEALTH of information under the surface. The PPT
Advanced Search may help you find what you want on his site, it is a few
paragraphs down here:
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/

Thanks Steve!
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Steve Rindsberg

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00613.htm
The good news is that it appears accidental and innoccuous (not spying.)
The bad news is that I wasted several hours of Steve's time.
The good news is that maybe Steve learned something new.
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Which negates the previous "bad news" so net, we're way ahead here. <g>

Further bit of info: I'm not positive of this yet but it seems that the
behavior here depends on which version of PPT you copy/paste into also.

As to the rest ... said:
--
Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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S

Steve Rindsberg

You have just learned one of the most important lessons in PPT: Steve's site
will have the answer. If it doesn't, he'll add it when he finds it. Doesn't
matter the problem, long as it is related to PPT he'll provide information
on it. He's my hero!
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C'mon guys. I'm having enough trouble finding hats that fit as it is. ;-)

Besides, I steal all the best stuff from other sites <g>
 

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