Questions tagged [microsoft-powerpoint-2007]

PowerPoint 2007 is the presentation graphics software program element of Microsoft’s 2007 Office Suite for facilitating the creation of dynamic presentations through predefined layouts and templates.

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How to assign shortcut key to a macro in PowerPoint 2007?

How to assign a shortcut key to my macro? Is there any way to directly assign it through VBA code?
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How can I get one slide to reference the number of another in powerpoint?

I would like to have a textbox in one of my powerpoint slides say "see slide [x]" where x is another slide. Is there any way to do this cleanly so that it updates dynamically as I move the slides ...
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Ensuring previewed still-frame of video is correct in PowerPoint

I'm putting together a PowerPoint 2007 presentation and need to include a video, which is animated vector graphics that I'm producing by making lots of PNG files and then using FFmpeg to compile them ...
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Visual indication that the document needs saving in Microsoft Office 2007

Is there any visual indication that a document has been modified since it was last saved or opened in Microsof Office 2007 applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)? Ideally, I would like a star near the ...
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PowerPoint not embedding whole music clip

I'm creating a PowerPoint presentation in which I must include a 30 second sound file. It's not important whether or not the file is embedded or linked, as the presentation will be local, but no ...
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Video format/codec for PowerPoint 2007?

I would like to add video files to PowerPoint 2007 slides (on PC). 1) Which codec should I use for maximum quality? 1b) Does this depend on computer-specific installed plugins/codecs? 2) Is there ...
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Has the shift-key functionality while resizing objects changed in PowerPoint 2010?

In PowerPoint, holding down Shift when resizing an object such as a line should restrict the movement of the end point to be either vertical or horizontal. This is useful for resizing horizontal or ...
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Reuse Powerpoint 2003 keyboard shortcut sequence in Powerpoint 2007

I've been using PPT 07 for a while now and I am losing time and productivity because the keyboard shortcuts from PPT 03 are not available anymore for some basic actions. I don't know if this is due ...
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How do I set all text boxes in a pptx slide template to word wrap (Asian typography issue)?

My problem is similar to the one described here: How to set a textbox to wrap a word to the next line in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016? The solution is available in the comment to the accepted answer ...
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Powerpoint 07 to dvd

A friend asked me to make a powerpoint presentation and wants to put a dvd(20 dvds so people can bring them home) in a dvd player and have it play a presentation. The presentation has looping audio ...
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How to get more animation effects to Powerpoint?

Currently, I am working with a presentation in MS Powerpoint, I have about 80+ slides in it and I found that the available Animation effects aren't sufficient for me, I have done a search in Microsoft ...
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Why Powerpoint 10 is not opening a file from network?

I upgraded my power-point from 2007 to 2010 recently. Upgraded version is working fine with all the files inside my laptop. But when I tried to open a file from a shared location it fails with a error ...
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Can I recover a PowerPoint file that was replaced with a blank presentation?

A colleague had her PowerPoint presentation overwritten with blank presentation, using PowerPoint 2007 on Windows 7. System Restore is turned off and it looks like Shadow Copy also didn't work as ...
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Changing pictures or text box saved in Office 2010 and opened in Office 2007

I have two computers: Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2010. Windows XP service pack 3 and Microsoft Office 2007 I worked on the first computer on Office 2010 and I saved in the format .pptx on a ...
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Is it possible to create a macro in PowerPoint 2007 that controls the size and location of chart objects

I'm trying to add a little visual basic to a PowerPoint slide. I usually work in Excel and was surprised to learn PowerPoint doesn't offer a record feature. My slide currently has six charts on it ...
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Add audio to Powerpoint - make playback stable against user actions

I have a Powerpoint 2007 presentation to which I've added an audio file. I embedded the .wav file in the ppt, selected 'play across slides', then used the Rehearse Presentation feature to time the ...
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why doesn't the pptplex tab appear in the powerpoint ribbon?

I've installed pptPlex but it doesn't appear in the powerpoint ribbon. I tried reviewing the security settings, but maybe I've missed something. I have windows-7 and powerpoint 2007
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How do I copy slides into an existing PowerPoint 2007 presentation without copying any master slides?

I have users who frequently copy and paste between presentations to create new ones. We have a corporate template with a set of slide masters, and when he copies the slides it also copies in the ...
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Test Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 compatibility on Mac

I've made a slide using MS Powerpoint, but the slide is going to play on a Mac and I don't have a Mac. Is there any way to test whether my slides of Powerpoint is compatible on a Mac?
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Powerpoint 2007 linking to external content

I have about 50 presentation, and one text box is the same for all of them. The problem is that if I need to edit that text box I have to do the same thing 50 times. Is there a way to have it load ...
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Old Powerpoint file will not open in Office 07

How can i open .ppt files from Powerpoint MS Office 97-2003 in Office 07? Have tried several ideas from various sources but none work! Desperately need to open an old ppt file to meet a deadline in 6 ...
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