Add-ins

[Joe T]

Hi all,
I'm using PowerPoint 2003 and am having trouble loading Add-ins. Two
different systems, two different problems.

System one, the Add-ins option is greyed out and I've no idea how to get it
active.

System two, the Add-ins option is active but when I try to Add New, I browse
to the location and select it but nothing.
The Add-ins window is empty except for the Add-ins button and the Close
button.

I've set the security settings under Macro to allow everything possible and
still no go.

Does anybody have any suggestions?


thanks in advance,


joe

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Joe,
System 1: Was the Visual Basic Environment installed? Is there a group
policy in place disabling that item?

System 2: Change the Macro Security Level from Very High to Medium and then
load the add-in
To do that:
1. Select Tools | Macros | Security...
2. Change the security level.
3. Click OK.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi all,
I'm using PowerPoint 2003 and am having trouble loading Add-ins. Two
different systems, two different problems.

System one, the Add-ins option is greyed out and I've no idea how to get it
active.

System two, the Add-ins option is active but when I try to Add New, I browse
to the location and select it but nothing.
The Add-ins window is empty except for the Add-ins button and the Close
button.

I've set the security settings under Macro to allow everything possible and
still no go.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Do Help, Check For Updates and apply any suggested patches before doing
anything else.

I haven't heard of exactly this one before but a couple of things come to mind:

1) PPT 2002 and later can be installed w/o VBA. That would certainly prevent
add-ins from loading and might well cause PPT to gray out the Add-ins item on
menus. Press Alt+F11 -- does that put you in the Visual Basic editor or not?
If so, then you've got VBA installed. If not, that may be the problem. Rerun
SETUP and make sure VBA's set to Run From My Computer

2) Corrupted user profile - can make PPT fail to load add-ins. Try creating a
new user on the computer, log in under that user profile and see if the add-ins
work.

3) Possibly an add-in that isn't written for PowerPoint 2003 or that doesn't
work properly in it.

4) Some combination of the above, given the different behaviors on the two
computers

 

[Joe T]

Hi,
Thanks for the response.

System 1: There's nothing different about the setup than system 2. Meaning
yes VBE is installed and there's no group policy set. I'm logged as system
Admin.

System 2: I've already tried the Tools | Macro | Security. I tried it at
Medium and when that didn't work I tried it at Low. Still no go.


Joe