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The following is a set of common questions that have recently been asked to Microsoft Powerpoint Developer team. Check this out:
In case you don’t find your favorite question below, you can check additional references and resources for getting your questions answered at the end of this post.
Q. In PowerPoint 2007, lines seem to work more like connectors from the previous versions. Is this intentional?
A. Yes, all lines are now, in fact, connector lines. This means that when you are drawing a line 
it will try to snap to the corner or mid-point of other shapes on the slide. You’ll see these points “light up” on a shape as you approach it when drawing or moving a line. This is a great feature, providing an exacting match-up of your line and the shape that can be repeated with other lines and shapes in a crisp and professional manner.
However it is possible that you may want to get a line near a shape but not actually connect to it, and may feel that the magnetic attraction between the two is getting in your way. This can be exasperated by a second setting in PowerPoint called Snap to Grid. The Snap to Grid setting is in the Home ribbon, under the Arrange command, in the submenu Align. Look for the Grid settings. In that dialog, you can both make the grid visible and turn off the snapping behavior. Making the grid visible will make the behavior more obvious, and won’t affect the appearance of your slides when printing or presenting. However, turning off the snapping will allow you a little more freedom in where you place lines and shapes on your slide.
Q. PowerPoint. 2003 had a word count feature, but now I can’t find the option in PowerPoint 2007. Can you help me find or set up a way to give the number of words in the notes section or even for the whole presentation?
A. Well, yes, things did get a little shifted during the 2007 redesign of the application. Word count for the presentation is still there. In the Office menu, you’ll want to select Prepare, and then Properties. The document properties bar opens at the top of your document. At the top of the properties bar is a small menu labeled Document Properties. Click that and choose Advanced Properties.
The Advanced Properties dialog contains several tabs, one of which is Statistics, which will list the number slides, paragraphs, words, notes, hidden slides, multimedia clips, and the presentation format for the current document.
Yes, it could be simpler, but now you know where to find it.
Q. I was wondering if you could tell me how to disable the semi-transparent navigation buttons at the bottom left hand side of a slide during a presentation? I’m creating my own navigation buttons on the slides themselves, and your automatic buttons can get in the way of my buttons.
A. These buttons can controlled by adjusting the “Popup Toolbar” option. This is found in the advanced options. To open the advanced options, click the the Office Menu, then PowerPoint Options (bottom of the list), and finally click Advanced. You want to uncheck Show Popup Toolbar in the Slide Show group.
Note that because this is an application option, it will be used for all presentations you show with this machine. And the setting is kept with the application, and does not travel with your presentation document. That means that if someone else shows your document on another computer, they will also have to uncheck this option to supress the navigation buttons.
In your case it sounds like you’re using hyperlinks on objects in the slide to do custom navigation, and so there is an alternative that can be set on the document itself. You 
may want to look into; Kiosk mode.
It’s actually fairly easy to set a presentation into Kiosk mode, it’s in the first group of commands in the Setup Show command on the Slide Show tab. You’ll want to select Browsed at a kiosk (full screen).
Kiosk mode hides the slide menu, but also sets the presentation so that it won’t advance on click. The assumption here is that you’re building a set of buttons into each slide, and your navigation is going to be completed through the use of those buttons.
If you’re going to distribute a kiosk mode presentation, make sure you’ve fully tested it, or at least warned the recipient that you’ve used this alternative show type.
Q. How can I save my presentation as PDF?
A. Starting with Office 2007, the capability of saving to the portable formats XPS and PDF is built into PowerPoint. To access this feature, open the Office menu and choose Save As, then from the second menu choose PDF or XPS.
OK, one more fairly “techie” question, but one we get a lot.
Q. What resolution should I use when creating or purchasing photographs for use with PowerPoint?
A. OK, this is dependent on how you’re using PowerPoint, or any other Office application for that matter, so we’ll give you three answers:
- 96 dpi (dots per inch) for e-mail, it’s an acceptable size.
- 150 dpi for screen presentations. This is an all-around good choice.
- 220 dpi if you’re concerned about print quality. You may want higher depending on your printer and goals, but note that larger sizes may affect slide show performance, and will be slower to print.
OK, that wraps things up for now. If you’re running into problems like these, or just want to learn more about using PowerPoint and Office, we encourage you to review the following resources as well:
- Microsoft Office: http://office.microsoft.com – The Office web page, a great starting point for product information, and links to supplemental help and training.
- PPT FAQ: http://pptfaq.com – A web site created by the PowerPoint MVPs with an amazing wealth of knowledge.
- Microsoft Discussion Groups – A community where users can go and post questions and answers about the products. Monitored by the MVPs, this is a terrific resource for both getting answers to your questions as well as meeting other users. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
Ric Bretschneider
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