Powerpoint opening on it's own

[Bob Ostwald]

I think there are people out there providing PPT comprehensive training.
Ok,

I know there are: I do it.

Cool. I'll check out your site again. And the Video Professor classes (have
never looked at one.)

I am eager to get immersed in what PPT can really do now that the company I
joined is moving towards upgrading everyone (especially the folks who will
deliver the training programs I develop) from Office 2000 (and sometimes
97!) to Office 2003. Because there was no player for PPT 2002, I abandoned
that product shortly after it came out. And then effluvium happened and I
have been doing little PowerPoint work for a year or so. Starting in
January, I expect to be back to heavy course development again. Glad to be
back here reading the Qs and As and glad PPT Live came along.

Anyway, don't sell the mountain retreat idea short, people. Could be fun if
not lucrative.

Bob

 

[John O]

Epiphone...a division of Gibson...who makes the Les Paul...which was

created

http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/Stories/LesPaul.html tells all.
Including The Log. And you thought I made this stuff up. <g>

I had a chance to play a Les Paul, one of the original gold-body jobs, back
in the late 60's. Sustain? The last note I played might still be sounding
... amazing.

I was in a band once with two guitar players, each with Les Pauls...when
they got out of tune a bit it sounded like a Harley goin' down the road. I
kinda liked that sound. Gibson still makes *lots* of them.

'The Log', I saw that page and missed that. No wonder they weigh so much.

 

[John O]

And then effluvium happened

Ewww. ;-) Did it hurt?

Anyway, don't sell the mountain retreat idea short, people. Could be fun if
not lucrative.

You might be onto something there, Bob. I was also 'prevented' from
upgrading because of the old viewer, but now the restraints are gone. Maybe
there are lots more like us...I'm two versions behind right now.

-John O

 

[Jan Il]

messages as to what
might needed, so I have no
clue. won't open without the
#1

Progress, of a sort.

So. ... have you fed it the CD to see if that quiets its

unruly stomach?

Well, yeah, several times, but, it's a bottomless pit! It
just keeps asking for it every time I opened it. When I
open 2002, I get a box that says it's configering, but,
then it opens and all is fine. With the 2000, it wants
another course.

I'm thinking this might have something to do with the fact
that I'm missing my clipart and borders Gallery? But, if
it's reinstalling, or running it's own vrsion of D&R, it
should be updating all the files, right? There obviously
is something on Disk #1 that it's having a fuss with, as
it never asks for Disk #2. Ya think?

 

[Kathryn Jacobs]

I agree - mountain retreat sounds great. Now, who has the bucks to sponsor
it?

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[Steve Rindsberg]

I was in a band once with two guitar players, each with Les Pauls...when

they got out of tune a bit it sounded like a Harley goin' down the road. I
kinda liked that sound. Gibson still makes *lots* of them.

And they're still fine guitars - I've had a chance to play one or two
recently. That old one, though ... another breed altogether.

 

[Bob Ostwald]

Not here, sorry to say...just a cog.

I agree - mountain retreat sounds great. Now, who has the bucks to sponsor
it?

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

company Organizer

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

that product shortly after it came out. And then effluvium happened and I

have been doing little PowerPoint work for a year or so.

A year??? I thought the effluvium happened right before PPTLive, Bob.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I'd bet better than even money that the free 2003 Viewer sells more copies
of 2003 than all the other features of PPT 2003 together.

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[Steve Rindsberg]

So. ... have you fed it the CD to see if that quiets its

unruly stomach?

Well, yeah, several times, but, it's a bottomless pit! It
just keeps asking for it every time I opened it. When I
open 2002, I get a box that says it's configering, but,
then it opens and all is fine. With the 2000, it wants
another course.

I'm thinking this might have something to do with the fact
that I'm missing my clipart and borders Gallery? But, if
it's reinstalling, or running it's own vrsion of D&R, it
should be updating all the files, right? There obviously
is something on Disk #1 that it's having a fuss with, as
it never asks for Disk #2. Ya think?

Have you had a look at

This application must be installed to run. Please run Setup ...
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00454.htm

and the next coupla FAQs? Not sure if they apply in your case, but readin's
free. -)

 

[Bob Ostwald]

A year??? I thought the effluvium happened right before PPTLive, Bob.

Ah. Touché. Don't remind me. Ugh.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

A year??? I thought the effluvium happened right before PPTLive, Bob.

Ah. Touché. Don't remind me. Ugh.

No, no NO. Never ever touché that stuff. You don't know wh ... well,
actually you DO know where it's been. And you don't want to go there.

 

[John O]

I'd bet better than even money that the free 2003 Viewer sells more copies

of 2003 than all the other features of PPT 2003 together.

I bet the same money that MS knows that, too.

 

[DoKo]

I will also bet even money, based on all the posts in this forum, that they
are busy at Microsoft trying to figure out a way to write PowerPoint to DVD.

 

[Jan Il]

WHOOOHOOO!!!! I FOUND 'EM! FINALLY!! YES! AND....YES AGAIN!!!

I've got Borders again!!! And my whole wazoolie of Arts & Crafts, Clips,
Buttons and Christmas trees are back!

This is the "borders and frames" part of the Clip Gallery, right? Or is it
the Format/Borders and Shading from PPT's menubar?

Huh?? Well..ya know, I've never seen the Format/Borders and Shading in PPT,
just in Word. And those didn't work either. When I'd try to open the
Borders Art at the bottom of Page Borders, I got a message that said the
feature is not available. That I needed to run setup and select the feature
to Run from my computer. Well I did that according to the instructions from
the two articles you gave me in your original response, but, it still was
not working for Word 2000. So, yeah, it was from the Borders and Frames
clips whatzit.

After I went through all the steps of the two articles you posted earlier,
and still things were not working in both programs as they should (although
I had the Borders back in PPT 2000), I knew that it had to be *something* in
one or more of those setting thingies that had somehow gotten changed, since
all had been working before. I finally got the idea to take a look at
everybody down the list, and I went one by one and clicked all the x, y's &
z's in the sublists, and finally, under MS Word for Windows, there was a
thingie for Page Border Art, and it's 'lil icon had a big X on it. So, I
opened it up and changed it to 'Run all from my computer', then updated.
Voila!!! Now all my borders and clipart in both PPT and Word 2000 are back
in place! Whew!!

Ahhh...once again...life is good.....and "The Christmas Train" can roll out
of Campo on time again this year to deliver all the toys and goodies to all
the wonderful 'lil kids. )))

Thank you, thank you everyone, for all your help and suggestions. Ya know,
sometimes it does seem to 'take a village' to get through the density of the
gray-matter, especially at times when the air gaps between the ears are
wider than normal....<vbg>

Jan

 

[Echo S]

Very cool, Jan. It didn't occur to me that page borders would be in a
different install place than the clip organizer itself. Good on ya.

Echo

 

[Jan Il]

So. ... have you fed it the CD to see if that quiets its

Have you had a look at

This application must be installed to run. Please run Setup ...
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00454.htm

and the next coupla FAQs? Not sure if they apply in your case, but readin's
free. -)

They sound similar to the problem so I'll keep the Win2000 info on hand.
Although, it's not for ...ahmm... WinME ....('k...now d-ing and r-ing...)

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I will also bet even money, based on all the posts in this forum, that
they

are busy at Microsoft trying to figure out a way to write PowerPoint to

DVD.

I'll bet against that one. If you want to get requests like that heard,
forum posts don't get the job done. Instead, read any of John Langhan's
posts and click the link. ;-)

I'd post the URL directly, but I kinda like his instructions. Best to read
them first.

And seriously ... please DO register your vote for DVD there.

 

[Jan Il]

Hey Echo!
..

Very cool, Jan. It didn't occur to me that page borders would be in a
different install place than the clip organizer itself. Good on ya.

Well..you helped put me in the right place, Echo, and I really just lucked
into it, pure and simple. Heck....I had no idea where to look for any of
this stuff in the first place, or what type of files to look for. I had
tried to find something to relate to before, but, I don't know what they are
called to ask about them in the Help. Especially, the difference between
the Clipart Gallery in 2000 and the Clipart Organizer in 2002, 'cause
neither of those show up in the immediate list of files in the tree. I was
looking under Common shares, Microsoft shares, MickeyDee shares, etc., but,
I really had no clue where to really look. There are more folders for Office
here and there all over the tree, and I had no idea which one was which.
Same thing for the Office 10. Sheesh.....it was like looking for an acorn
with a particular crook in it's stem in a squirrels nest!

Are the clipart files referred to differently in 2003, as opposed to Clipart
Organizer? Sure hope not. It might get real confusing then.

 

[Echo S]

Hey Echo!
.

Well..you helped put me in the right place, Echo, and I really just lucked
into it, pure and simple. Heck....I had no idea where to look for any of
this stuff in the first place, or what type of files to look for.

I'd say you did very well. Thumbs up.

Are the clipart files referred to differently in 2003, as opposed to Clipart
Organizer? Sure hope not. It might get real confusing then.

PPT 2003 also uses the Clip Organizer, so you should be in good shape.


Echo