Blank background...

[aeharding]

When I start up powerpoint, and load my presentation, it looks all grey for
the background, and the images are all grey. However, (Office 2003), when I
look at the thumbnails they have the correct BG, and when I go to show the
presentation itself it shows the right BG. Did I accidentally press something
that I sould change back?

P.S. When I load a different one, (for example, a one w/ the theme blue, the
BG turns blue, except when I start it in a actual presentation, or look at
the thumbnails, they're fine.

P.P.S. The BG of my presentation is grey as the main theme.

 

[Ute Simon]

Is Service Pack 2 for Office 2003 installed on your computer? Download it
from Microsoft's website and see whether it helps.

Best regards,
Ute

 

[John Wilson]

As Ute says definitely check that you are up to date

It may also be that you are in greyscale view. Check in view >
color/greyscale and choose color

 

[Echo S]

In addition to the other suggestions, make sure you're not in High Contrast
mode. It's set in Windows Control Panel | Accessibility Options. This is a
frequent cause of the presentation opening in the equivalent of black and
white view.

 

[aeharding]

To all: My computer is only a year old, and it was working before... Any
other suggestions?

 

[Echo S]

You had a number of suggestions posted in reply to your original question.
Did you try any of them?

 

[Ute Simon]

So, if it was working "before" (whenever that was) - what did you do in the
meantime? Did you install any other program, add-in or driver? If so,
de-activate those and try again. Sometimes other programs are known to
interfere with one another.

Best regards,
Ute