Kathy - I can't thank you enough! Going to Tools, Optioins, Edit (they were
unchecked so I checked, closed, opened, unchecked - and it worked!!! Do you
think I did something to cause this? Could it happen again? It has been a
long week trying to work this out but I sure learned a lot! Many thanks! Sue

"Kathy J" wrote:

Try something for me: Go to Tools-- Options-- Edit. Check to see if any of
the bottom three boxes are checked. If they are uncheck them and see if that
makes a difference. (You might also try checking them, closing PPT,
re-opening PPT, unchecking them, closing and re-opening. I am wondering if
something is turning the new features on and off.)

--
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
I believe life is meant to be lived. But:
if we live without making a difference, it makes no difference that we lived

"s.o'b" wrote in message
...
Echo, I did a lot of homework and figured out what you wanted me to do on
the
registry - but it didn't work. Do you have any other ideas about how to
get
all the functions on my PP to work? I see that it isn't just custom
animations and transitions, but also click art - no task panes for any of
them. Thank You! Sue

"Echo S" wrote:

Thanks for the thorough checks and followup on what you did, s.o'b.

I'd next try going to Help/Detect and Repair and see if running that
fixes
it.

The relevant part of the tinyurl link is below. That's the next thing I'd
try. But you will probably need to make some modifications to that exact
regedit sequence. If Start/Run Regedt32 doesn't work, try Start/Run and
type
regedit (I'm not sure which works with Win2000, you see). Also, I believe
the version of Office you're looking for will be 10.0.
Can't guarantee that this will work, but it's worth a try. Be sure to
back
up the registry before trying this!


Click Start, Run, Regedt32, OK
Allow full control to users of the following keys:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0

Security - Permissions - check "Allow inheritable permissions" - Allow
fullcontrol to all users.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com


"s.o'b" wrote in message
...
To Echo: I do use Norton Antivirus and regularly update it. I
downloaded
AdAware and while it did fine some problems, removing the problems
didn't
solve the problem. I also downloaded Spybot S&D - again it found
problems,
removed them but didn't fix the problem. Today I saw something about a
site
called AumHa.org and from it downloaded CWShredder. I guess it looks
for
something called CoolWeb Search - but didn't find anything. I did try
your
last suggestion - tinyrl.com/4pg7l and I see kind of a log of many
problems
but I don't know what to do with it. I didn't see anything directly
related
to my problem. Any other ideas?
To Bill Dilworth: I'm sorry, I really don't even know what a dual
screen
mode is. I assume it is a setting?
"Echo S" wrote:

You shouldn't have a problem with PPT 2002 on Windows 2000.

It sounds as if there's something on the system that's making the
dialogs
and task panes not show up, though.

Do you use Norton Antivirus?
Norton Anti-Virus and Office
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00387.htm

I'd also suggest downloading and running AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
and Spybot Search and Destroy.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

And also maybe check this http://tinyurl.com/4pg7l

Not sure, but that registry change may work here, too.

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


"s.o'b" wrote in message
...
I am using PowerPoint 2002. Actually, as I have explored this more
there
are
many things not working. If I click on Insert Picture from Click
Art,
I
have
the hour glass for about 1 second, then it disappears and I don't
get
the
Click Art window up. Exactly the same thing happens when I click on
Slide
Show Custom Animation or Transition. I don't get the windows that
usually
pop
up on the side of the screen. I am using a lap top from work. It is
booting
up very slowly all of a sudden. I am looking at System Information.
I
just
realized it is Windows 200 Professional. Is it a problem running
Power
Point
2002 on it? I have done a few other presentation without any
problems.
Thank
You!

"Sonia" wrote:

What version of PowerPoint are you using?

Can you describe what you mean when you say the tools aren't
working.
Do you
mean that you can't assign a transition or an animation, or do
you
mean
that
when you do apply them they don't work?
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials

"s.o'b" wrote in message
...
I had a power point presentation done, then decided to add more
slides.
I set
up the text and pictures on the slides but all of a sudden when
I
try
to use
the Custom Animation or Slide Transition options, absolutely
nothing
happens.
I am baffled.