Powerpoint keeps redrawing any time shadowing is used

[KL]

I'm running PowerPoint 2003 SP2 on an Inspirion XPS Gen2. The problem I'm
having is that when you get to slides with 3-D shadowing (whether in edit or
slide show mode), the slide redraws itself repeatedly, some times endlessly.
I've searched the knowledge base and could not locate any trace of this kind
of problem. Has or is anyone else experiencing this?

Things to consider:

o The slide has no animations
o All temp files have been deleted as well as all the office temp files
under the apps directory
o The same slide set on a Dimension 8400 desktop works fine, as it does
on a number of
other systems
o My screen resolution is set to 1920x1200, 32-bit color using the
embedded NVIDIA
GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics controller. I have not tried lower
resolutions (yet).

o If is remove the shadowing effects on the slides that keep redrawing,
the redrawing stops
and it displays as one would expect. The minute I shadow the
rectangle shapes on the slide it
loops, redrawing the slide for some number of times. The number of
times seems to vary. A
single rectangle is barely noticeable. Clone it 5 times and you
notice the slide get redrawn 3
or more times. Clown it 10 times and the redraw count goes up.
o The video resolution set on the laptop is the default configuration
that it came with. I am using
the latest and greatest drivers, BIOS, ...
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

 

[Guest]

Try lowering hardware acceleration.


How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

Also, I've seen this happen with certain programs running in the background.
For example, I used to run SETI distributed computing, and if I turned it
off, my slides with gradient fills wouldn't keep redrawing like they would if
I left SETI running....

 

[TAJ Simmons]

Also try updating your "graphics card" drivers - and keep the 'hardware
acceleration' to the max.

cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

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Try lowering hardware acceleration.


How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

Also, I've seen this happen with certain programs running in the
background.
For example, I used to run SETI distributed computing, and if I turned it
off, my slides with gradient fills wouldn't keep redrawing like they would
if
I left SETI running....

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

I'm running PowerPoint 2003 SP2 on an Inspirion XPS Gen2. The problem
I'm
having is that when you get to slides with 3-D shadowing (whether in edit
or
slide show mode), the slide redraws itself repeatedly, some times
endlessly.
I've searched the knowledge base and could not locate any trace of this
kind
of problem. Has or is anyone else experiencing this?

Things to consider:

o The slide has no animations
o All temp files have been deleted as well as all the office temp
files
under the apps directory
o The same slide set on a Dimension 8400 desktop works fine, as it
does
on a number of
other systems
o My screen resolution is set to 1920x1200, 32-bit color using the
embedded NVIDIA
GeForce Go 6800 Ultra graphics controller. I have not tried
lower
resolutions (yet).

o If is remove the shadowing effects on the slides that keep
redrawing,
the redrawing stops
and it displays as one would expect. The minute I shadow the
rectangle shapes on the slide it
loops, redrawing the slide for some number of times. The number
of
times seems to vary. A
single rectangle is barely noticeable. Clone it 5 times and you
notice the slide get redrawn 3
or more times. Clown it 10 times and the redraw count goes up.
o The video resolution set on the laptop is the default
configuration
that it came with. I am using
the latest and greatest drivers, BIOS, ...
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Kevin

 

[KL]

Echo and TAJ,

Thanks for the suggestions. The card and driver are up to date. Cranking
back the hardware acceleration to the point that all DirectDraw and Direct3D
accelerations are disabled, as well as all cursor and advanced drawing
accelerations caused the problem to stop.

At least now I have a workaround for designing and presenting PowerPoint
slides, but it sure does bite to have to crank everything back on a machine
whose main design is based upon it's high intensity graphics engine.

Thanks,
Kevin