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Steve
To get the code above to run you need to
A Insert a textbox from the control toolbox
B Insert a command button from the same toolbox
C Right click the button > view code and paste in the code above omitting the private sub and End Sub lines (which will already be there) Paste the code between these existing lines

Having done all this I’m pretty sure that code will not give you a countdown but the current position which won’t change.

You would need to add at least a Do Until / Loop around the code and a DoEvents within the loop to update the screen I think. This is pretty dodgy programming as the loop will not stop even in edit mode but it should work OK!

Alan

As you say PowerPoint uses the mci to play video but reinstalling WMP often resets things that third party programs (maybe real player) mess up.

If you got them from itunes then as Hans said ppt wont play them

If not the problem could be real player or similar sometimes installing WMP again helps restore settings

If you follow the instructions I posted above but right click on the background to get to greyscale settings in view >color /greyscale.greyscale you should find a setting that will work. Normally though I’d do as Steve suggests.

Best way to check if this sort of thing will print in B&W or greyscale is View > color / greyscale and choose Pure B&W or greyscale as appropriate.This will show you how it will print. If you cant see the watermark try right clicking it and change the greyscale setting in the right click menu

Steve see here for two different ways to do this
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/custom shows.html[/url]

Explaination and remedy here:
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/keep_playing.html%5B/url%5D

(Edited by HansV to make URL clickable – see Help 19)

Probably play.bat but you also might want to read http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoin…03/ppt2exe.html%5B/url%5D

Does this not work

Dim oshp As ShapeRange
With ActiveWindow.View.Slide
Set oshp = .Shapes.PasteSpecial(DataType:=ppPasteHTML)
‘oshp.dowhatever
End With

In PowerPoint 2007 when you save as there’s a “tools” box bottom left. Click here and choose “general”

In XP/2003 Tools > Options > security will get you there or the “tools” box is top right.

You probably wont need to use code (relax)!

Put the cursor in level two
unset bullet points
Finger on ctrl key and move the second top slide left

Regards John

Hi Hans

There’s a little problem which won’t be at first obvious! When you set the text box as autoshape default ALL shapes added will become no line , no fill (or whatever the text box was)!! To sort this first do the text box and then add a shape, format as required and redo “set auto shape defaults” The text box will still be 10pt. OR you can darw a shape (not a text box) > add text set to 10 pt and set defaults

Try double clicking the music entry and in effect tab choose “stop playing after 999 slides”
Does that work?

I’m with Hans on this Notetaking is NOT good!

However I THINK you can (don’t have 2000 handy) view > black and white and then right click shapes and set to “don’t “show. They will show in the presentation but not when printed in B&W

You are trying to reduce the size of a fixed size font???

If you need to do this try cutting the group and “paste special” as an enhanced metafile