powerpoint 2007 needs hardware graphic acceleration like 2002

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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It's beta software and that is to be expected. Once Office 2007 is
released, graphics speed should be up to par with 2003 (or better).

Patrick Schmid
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2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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I do not know if it needs graphics acceleration, but the present version is
undeniably very slow and difficult to work with. I think that "live preview"
certainly affects performance.

"Matt" wrote:

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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Hi ADR,

It could be worse. Beta 2 is rather fast compared to the earlier
(non-public) beta versions. You might want to try to decrease your
hardware acceleration. As weird as this sounds, this might actually give
you better performance in PowerPoint. To do this, go into Control Panel,
Display, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and reduce the setting of the
slider there.
This has been a proven measure to deal with performance problems in
PowerPoint, and not just 2007. I have myself a top-of-the-line graphics
card, but PPT 2007 is faster for me if I reduce hardware acceleration by
one or two notches.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

"ADR" wrote in message
:

I do not know if it needs graphics acceleration, but the present version is
undeniably very slow and difficult to work with. I think that "live preview"
certainly affects performance.

"Matt" wrote:

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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Patrick,

Thank you for the suggestion. I may try it. To be honest, I gave
Powerpoint 2007 a good try and I completed a rather complex presentation on
it. I have to say that I was underwhelmed. In fact, I found that tasks that
were easy to accomplish with Powerpoint 2003, became difficult with this
version. Microsoft believes that people are happier selecting a template
instead of building their own but in corporate America (instead of small
business America), this is never true. One needs to work with corporate
templates and one has to find a way occassionally to modify them ever so
slightly as to fit specific jobs. Anyway, this is not easy to accomplish
with PowerPoint 2007. Somehow, modifying the template was eliminated as part
of the "new, idiot-proof" interface. Although I may tinker with the hardware
acceleration, MS should really work hard on speeding this clanker and
allowing people to access complicated menus more easily.

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

Hi ADR,

It could be worse. Beta 2 is rather fast compared to the earlier
(non-public) beta versions. You might want to try to decrease your
hardware acceleration. As weird as this sounds, this might actually give
you better performance in PowerPoint. To do this, go into Control Panel,
Display, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and reduce the setting of the
slider there.
This has been a proven measure to deal with performance problems in
PowerPoint, and not just 2007. I have myself a top-of-the-line graphics
card, but PPT 2007 is faster for me if I reduce hardware acceleration by
one or two notches.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

"ADR" wrote in message
:

I do not know if it needs graphics acceleration, but the present version is
undeniably very slow and difficult to work with. I think that "live preview"
certainly affects performance.

"Matt" wrote:

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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Hi ADR,

Which template are you referring to? Do you mean editing the master
slide or actually modifying the theme/template that you base new
presentations on? (The terminology and what does what is a little bit
confusing in 2007). Microsoft has greatly enhanced what you can do in
this area, but it does take some time to get used to it and it is not
easy to get ones head around completely. If you are looking for a good
explanation, I suggest to start a new thread clearly labeled as
templates/themes and 2007. I know there are people frequenting this
newsgroup who have experimented successfully with those features (I
haven't yet).
If you are just looking to edit the master slide, you can get to it via
View, Slide Master.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net


"ADR" wrote in message
:

Patrick,

Thank you for the suggestion. I may try it. To be honest, I gave
Powerpoint 2007 a good try and I completed a rather complex presentation on
it. I have to say that I was underwhelmed. In fact, I found that tasks that
were easy to accomplish with Powerpoint 2003, became difficult with this
version. Microsoft believes that people are happier selecting a template
instead of building their own but in corporate America (instead of small
business America), this is never true. One needs to work with corporate
templates and one has to find a way occassionally to modify them ever so
slightly as to fit specific jobs. Anyway, this is not easy to accomplish
with PowerPoint 2007. Somehow, modifying the template was eliminated as part
of the "new, idiot-proof" interface. Although I may tinker with the hardware
acceleration, MS should really work hard on speeding this clanker and
allowing people to access complicated menus more easily.

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

Hi ADR,

It could be worse. Beta 2 is rather fast compared to the earlier
(non-public) beta versions. You might want to try to decrease your
hardware acceleration. As weird as this sounds, this might actually give
you better performance in PowerPoint. To do this, go into Control Panel,
Display, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and reduce the setting of the
slider there.
This has been a proven measure to deal with performance problems in
PowerPoint, and not just 2007. I have myself a top-of-the-line graphics
card, but PPT 2007 is faster for me if I reduce hardware acceleration by
one or two notches.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

"ADR" wrote in message
:

I do not know if it needs graphics acceleration, but the present version is
undeniably very slow and difficult to work with. I think that "live preview"
certainly affects performance.

"Matt" wrote:

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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Hi Patrick

I found out how to manipulate the template. It works well. Not very
intuitive but it will do. Yes, this new interface will take some getting
used to. The best way forward would be for Microsoft to allow old style
menus. I foresee a lot of training issues with this version.

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

Hi ADR,

Which template are you referring to? Do you mean editing the master
slide or actually modifying the theme/template that you base new
presentations on? (The terminology and what does what is a little bit
confusing in 2007). Microsoft has greatly enhanced what you can do in
this area, but it does take some time to get used to it and it is not
easy to get ones head around completely. If you are looking for a good
explanation, I suggest to start a new thread clearly labeled as
templates/themes and 2007. I know there are people frequenting this
newsgroup who have experimented successfully with those features (I
haven't yet).
If you are just looking to edit the master slide, you can get to it via
View, Slide Master.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net


"ADR" wrote in message
:

Patrick,

Thank you for the suggestion. I may try it. To be honest, I gave
Powerpoint 2007 a good try and I completed a rather complex presentation on
it. I have to say that I was underwhelmed. In fact, I found that tasks that
were easy to accomplish with Powerpoint 2003, became difficult with this
version. Microsoft believes that people are happier selecting a template
instead of building their own but in corporate America (instead of small
business America), this is never true. One needs to work with corporate
templates and one has to find a way occassionally to modify them ever so
slightly as to fit specific jobs. Anyway, this is not easy to accomplish
with PowerPoint 2007. Somehow, modifying the template was eliminated as part
of the "new, idiot-proof" interface. Although I may tinker with the hardware
acceleration, MS should really work hard on speeding this clanker and
allowing people to access complicated menus more easily.

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

Hi ADR,

It could be worse. Beta 2 is rather fast compared to the earlier
(non-public) beta versions. You might want to try to decrease your
hardware acceleration. As weird as this sounds, this might actually give
you better performance in PowerPoint. To do this, go into Control Panel,
Display, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and reduce the setting of the
slider there.
This has been a proven measure to deal with performance problems in
PowerPoint, and not just 2007. I have myself a top-of-the-line graphics
card, but PPT 2007 is faster for me if I reduce hardware acceleration by
one or two notches.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

"ADR" wrote in message
:

I do not know if it needs graphics acceleration, but the present version is
undeniably very slow and difficult to work with. I think that "live preview"
certainly affects performance.

"Matt" wrote:

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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Somehow, modifying the template was eliminated as part
of the "new, idiot-proof" interface.

I don't quite follow you.

I click the View tab, click Slide Master and can edit the slide masters there.

In fact, you can still Shift+Click the "Normal view" icon (the one that used to be at the
left/bottom of your screen and has now moved to the lower right, next to the zoom slider.
One of the features that doesn't take more clicks to accomplish than in the last
version. ;-)

Oh, and while it's not apparent from the UI, MS has tried to retain the previous
version's keystroke combos. Alt + VMS (View, Master, Slide Master) takes you there as
well.

Assuming you did that, what did you find that you were unable to change?

Steve,

I do not know if you saw my answer to Patrick, but I found out everything.
The only thing that I did not manage to do was to have drop shadows on fonts.
However, I may find it in a hidden dialog somewhere. I have kept my Office
2003 installation and I can easily utilize my older version of Powerpoint, if
the going gets tough. I would like to be honest and say that I did not find
anything particularly new that I would like to use in this version of
Powerpoint. It certainly does not appear compelling enough to upgrade.
Certainly, the speed issue will make it difficult to work with this version
before the official release (composing slides is slow and unresponsive,
although Patrick suggested some solutions).

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

Somehow, modifying the template was eliminated as part
of the "new, idiot-proof" interface.

I don't quite follow you.

I click the View tab, click Slide Master and can edit the slide masters there.

In fact, you can still Shift+Click the "Normal view" icon (the one that used to be at the
left/bottom of your screen and has now moved to the lower right, next to the zoom slider.
One of the features that doesn't take more clicks to accomplish than in the last
version. ;-)

Oh, and while it's not apparent from the UI, MS has tried to retain the previous
version's keystroke combos. Alt + VMS (View, Master, Slide Master) takes you there as
well.

Assuming you did that, what did you find that you were unable to change?

Hi ADR,

Microsoft is well aware of the training issues, but do not expect to see
any old style menus. Those are dead for good and no matter how much
users will wish them back, they won't come back.
It takes a lot of time to get used to. It took me around a month to get
comfortable with it and now I definitely wouldn't want to go back. 2007
is a lot easier and better to use than 2003, once you get over the
learning issues.

Patrick

"ADR" wrote in message
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Hi Patrick

I found out how to manipulate the template. It works well. Not very
intuitive but it will do. Yes, this new interface will take some getting
used to. The best way forward would be for Microsoft to allow old style
menus. I foresee a lot of training issues with this version.

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

Hi ADR,

Which template are you referring to? Do you mean editing the master
slide or actually modifying the theme/template that you base new
presentations on? (The terminology and what does what is a little bit
confusing in 2007). Microsoft has greatly enhanced what you can do in
this area, but it does take some time to get used to it and it is not
easy to get ones head around completely. If you are looking for a good
explanation, I suggest to start a new thread clearly labeled as
templates/themes and 2007. I know there are people frequenting this
newsgroup who have experimented successfully with those features (I
haven't yet).
If you are just looking to edit the master slide, you can get to it via
View, Slide Master.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net


"ADR" wrote in message
:

Patrick,

Thank you for the suggestion. I may try it. To be honest, I gave
Powerpoint 2007 a good try and I completed a rather complex presentation on
it. I have to say that I was underwhelmed. In fact, I found that tasks that
were easy to accomplish with Powerpoint 2003, became difficult with this
version. Microsoft believes that people are happier selecting a template
instead of building their own but in corporate America (instead of small
business America), this is never true. One needs to work with corporate
templates and one has to find a way occassionally to modify them ever so
slightly as to fit specific jobs. Anyway, this is not easy to accomplish
with PowerPoint 2007. Somehow, modifying the template was eliminated as part
of the "new, idiot-proof" interface. Although I may tinker with the hardware
acceleration, MS should really work hard on speeding this clanker and
allowing people to access complicated menus more easily.

"Patrick Schmid" wrote:

Hi ADR,

It could be worse. Beta 2 is rather fast compared to the earlier
(non-public) beta versions. You might want to try to decrease your
hardware acceleration. As weird as this sounds, this might actually give
you better performance in PowerPoint. To do this, go into Control Panel,
Display, Settings, Advanced, Troubleshoot and reduce the setting of the
slider there.
This has been a proven measure to deal with performance problems in
PowerPoint, and not just 2007. I have myself a top-of-the-line graphics
card, but PPT 2007 is faster for me if I reduce hardware acceleration by
one or two notches.

Patrick Schmid
--------------
http://pschmid.net

"ADR" wrote in message
:

I do not know if it needs graphics acceleration, but the present version is
undeniably very slow and difficult to work with. I think that "live preview"
certainly affects performance.

"Matt" wrote:

2007 graphics is slow unlike 2002

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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