PowerPoint 2003 "Compare and Merge" always says "merging..." in s.

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I performed a "Compare and Merge" in PowerPoint. I've made all the
corrections and then deleted all the remaining comments. However, now,
whenever I open my presentation, it always takes a lot longer than before and
it says "merging...XXXXXX" in the status bar. How do I tell PowerPoint to
stop "merging..."???
 
See if any of the ideas listed in this entry from Steve Rindsberg's PPT FAQ
help:
Why are my PowerPoint files so big? What can I do about it?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00062.htm

I am thinking the last two might be applicable.

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Kathy, thanks for the quick response!

The second item from the bottom "Review Feature" describes my problem
exactly. However, the solution is for PowerPoint 2002. The solution
describes the "End Review" feature on the "Reviewing Toolbar". This feature
is not on the toolbar in my PowerPoint 2003 w/SP1.

I have a workaround, but it defeats the whole purpose of the review and
change feature. I still have a copy of the pre-merged presentation. I
simply went back to this pre-merged version and applied the changes manually.
What a hassle!

Thanks again.
 
Bizarre - because it is there on my reviewing toolbar in 2003. Try resetting
the toolbar. To do that, bring up the toolbar, click the little downward
arrow on the end of the toolbar. Slide right from Add Remove to Reviewing
and a list of the buttons that are supposed to show will come up. You may be
able to just click on the End Review entry to add it. If that doesn't work,
go back to the list and select Reset Toolbar from the bottom of the list.

Let us know if that works.

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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
 
That is bizarre. It is definitely not on my toolbar. This could be the
problem. If I had that feature, it seems like it would solve my problem.
Can I send you a screenshot of my toolbar? And, my "About" screen with the
current version?
 
I don't know that the screenshots will help, since I believe you that they
aren't there, but send them if you want. Unknot my email address to get the
real one.

Before you do that, try a Detect and Repair. See if that changes anything.
One more thought - have you rebooted the machine recently?

In the email, remind me what I am looking at. Also, let me know if anything
changed when you did the Reset toolbar or the Detect and repair.

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Kathryn Jacobs, Microsoft MVP PowerPoint and OneNote
Author of Kathy Jacobs on PowerPoint - Available now from Holy Macro! Books
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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
 
General Update: We figured it out!

It turns out that the "End Reviewing" button only shows up if there are
changes in the version of the document that comes back from review. Without
this button, you can't end the reviewing session.

Here is what happened in Zorp's case:
He sent the presentation out for review. The person reviewing it didn't make
any actual changes. Instead, they added a number of comments to the
presentation. Since in PPT 2002 and later comments aren't considered slide
elements, the reviewing feature never knew there were changes and never
turned on the End Review button.

What Zorp did to fix the problem:
Zorp added a small change to the presentation, saved it and closed it. On
the next open, PPT did the merge, but then brought up the End Review button.
With the button active, the reviewing comments could be handled, the small
change rejected, and the review ended.

Happy endings all around :)

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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
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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
 
Here is what happened in Zorp's case:
He sent the presentation out for review. The person reviewing it didn't make
any actual changes. Instead, they added a number of comments to the
presentation. Since in PPT 2002 and later comments aren't considered slide
elements, the reviewing feature never knew there were changes and never
turned on the End Review button.
Click to expand...

A bug in the review feature then, I'd say. PPT2000 comments *are* slide
elements, even in the 2002 object model - PPT2002 comments aren't slide
elements in the 2002 model and aren't ... well, aren't anything in the 2000 and
previous model.

Nice work, the both of ya.


What Zorp did to fix the problem:
Zorp added a small change to the presentation, saved it and closed it. On
the next open, PPT did the merge, but then brought up the End Review button.
With the button active, the reviewing comments could be handled, the small
change rejected, and the review ended.

Happy endings all around :)
Click to expand...

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