This document provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the Microsoft PowerPoint documentation, and is current as of the date above. After that date, you may find more current information and resources on the Microsoft Office Web site, available from the Help menu by clicking Office On The Web. Additional information, including network and administration issues, can be found on the Office Resource Kit Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/
For further technical information on PowerPoint, please search the Microsoft Product Support Services information on the Personal Online Support Web site at:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/
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Working with PowerPoint
Genius Assistant character no longer installed
Combining reviewed presentations: unexpected behavior regarding embedded fonts
Only original author can combine reviewed presentations
Some slide transition effects don't work correctly without proper video card drivers
Clip art Web Collections scope requires Internet Explorer 5 or later
Tools on the Web and Internet Explorer
Handwriting recognition may not display on the screen when using certain display settings
Multilingual issues
PowerPoint and Indic languages
Help issues
Help topic: Create a digital dashboard
Help topic: About digital dashboard and Web Parts
Help topic: Create a Web Part by saving to a digital dashboard folder
Help topic: Tips for finding clips
Help topic: Resize a picture or shape
Help topic: Turn on or off transparent floating toolbars
ScreenTip in the Language dialog box references an earlier product version
Installing PowerPoint
Error message 2355 or Corrupt Cabinet
If during installation of PowerPoint you receive error message number 2355 or the message text "Corrupt Cabinet," update the version of Windows Installer on your computer by running the appropriate executable file found on the installation CD. The following assumes that D:\ is your CD drive.
| For Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | D:\FILES\SUPPORT\INSTMSI.EXE |
| For Windows NT 4.0 | D:\FILES\SUPPORT\INSTMSIW.EXE |
| For Windows 2000 | D:\FILES\SUPPORT\Q282879.EXE |
After running the file, restart your computer and begin installation again.
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Genius Assistant character no longer installed
PowerPoint no longer supports the Genius Assistant character. For customers who were using this Office Assistant and who are upgrading from PowerPoint 2000, the Assistant will be switched to the default character, Clippit. Upon upgrading, customers can select another Assistant by right-clicking the Assistant and then clicking Choose Assistant.
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Combining reviewed presentations: unexpected behavior regarding embedded fonts
If you receive a presentation from another person for review, you can insert text with a font that is not available on the original author's computer and embed the font when saving so that the author can see your changes. However, when the author compares and merges the presentations and applies your changes, the text you inserted with a different font displays as boxes. This problem is easily fixed: either install the font on the author's computer or review the presentation using the same fonts as that of the presentation.
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Only original author can combine reviewed presentations
When your reviewers have completed their reviews and sent them back to you, you can combine their presentations (called reviewer presentations) with your original presentation. However, reviewers can't start another review process with a presentation that is being reviewed, nor merge one reviewer presentation with another reviewer presentation.
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Some transition effects don't work correctly without proper video card drivers
If animation effects don't work correctly during a slide show presentation, check with your video card manufacturer to make sure you have the latest driver installed and properly configured. If you still experience problems after updating your video card driver, you should disable the hardware acceleration options. On the Slide Show menu, click Set Up Show, and then on the Set Up Show dialog box, clear the Use hardware graphics acceleration check box.
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Clip art Web Collections scope requires Internet Explorer 5 or later
When you are searching for clip art, either in Clip Organizer or in the Insert Clip Art task pane, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later to use the Web Collections scope in the Search in list.
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Tools on the Web and Internet Explorer To use the Tools on the Web feature from within Clip Organizer, or from the action menu of any clip, including those in the Insert Clip Art task pane, you must have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later. This requirement does not apply to the Tools on the Web feature when accessed from the PowerPoint Tools menu.Return to Contents
Handwriting recognition may not display on the screen when using certain display settingsReturn to Contents
PowerPoint and Indic languages
If you are enabling support for the Indic languages, it is recommended that you click Indic in the Default version of Microsoft Office list in the Microsoft Office Language Settings (on the Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Microsoft Office Language Settings).
PowerPoint requires Microsoft Windows 2000 or later for Indic language support. Devanagari and Tamil script are fully supported with Windows 2000.
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Help topic: Create a digital dashboard
The procedures in this topic for creating digital dashboards from Microsoft Outlook or from the Add Network Place Wizard are incorrect. You cannot create a digital dashboard from either Outlook or the Add Network Place Wizard. If you have Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, you can create a personal dashboard on that server by clicking the Create a new personal dashboard link on the server's dashboard site home page, and then following instructions to create your dashboard. For more information on how to create a digital dashboard, download the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit (DDRK), which is available on the Microsoft Digital Dashboard Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/business/digitaldashboard/
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Help topic: About digital dashboard and Web Parts
This topic incorrectly states that you can create a digital dashboard from Microsoft Outlook or from the Add Network Place Wizard. You cannot create a digital dashboard from either Outlook or the Add Network Place Wizard. If you have Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, you can create a personal dashboard on that server by clicking the Create a new personal dashboard link on the server's dashboard site home page, and then following instructions to create your dashboard. For more information on how to create a digital dashboard, download the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit (DDRK), which is available on the Microsoft Digital Dashboard Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/business/digitaldashboard/
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Help topic: Create a Web Part by saving to a digital dashboard folder
The information in step 1 of this topic is incorrect. You cannot create a digital dashboard from Microsoft Outlook or from the Add Network Place Wizard. If you have Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2001, you can create a personal dashboard on that server by clicking the Create a new personal dashboard link on the server's dashboard site home page, and then following instructions to create your dashboard. For more information on how to create a digital dashboard, download the Digital Dashboard Resource Kit (DDRK), which is available on the Microsoft Digital Dashboard Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/business/digitaldashboard/
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Help topic: Tips for finding clips
This topic contains an inaccurate example. The search "blue, car" would yield results for blue AND car for local scopes, and would yield results for blue only for the Web Collections scope.
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Help topic: Resize a picture or shape
This topic says that you can choose the Scale command from the Format menu to resize pictures or shapes; however, the Scale command is not available on the Format menu. Instead do the following:
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Help topic: Turn on or off transparent floating toolbars Disregard this Help topic, which documents a toolbar feature that is not available in PowerPoint.Return to Contents
ScreenTip in the Language dialog box references an earlier product version In the Language dialog box (Tools menu, Language command), the ScreenTip for the Default button refers to the Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Pack. If you want to install additional proofing tools to use with Microsoft Office XP, the product you should instead purchase is Microsoft Office XP Proofing Tools.Return to Contents