How can I stop Powerpoint from crashing??

[Jay Curry]

I crashes if I reopen a file and do one sheet.

 

[Dian D. Chapman, MVP]

Try lowering your hardware accelerator...it may be that your video
driver needs to be updated.

See this article for details...

Maintaining Your Computer
http://www.mousetrax.com/maintain.html

Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
MOS Certified, Editor/TechTrax

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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:12:05 -0800, Jay Curry <Jay

 

[Echo S]

I crashes if I reopen a file and do one sheet.

So does it crash on all files, or just one specific file?

Dian's suggestion to lower hardware acceleration is a good one. For instrux
how, see
How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

Also make sure you have a printer driver installed on your computer -- not
just on a corporate network or something.
See Do this before using PowerPoint seriously
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00034.htm

You can also try closing PPT and deleting your *.PCB file -- that's your PPT
toolbar. PPT will recreate it when it opens the next time.

You can also close PPT and search for all *.PPA files on your system. Those
are PPT add-ins. Rename them to *.PPO or *.OLD or something. Restart PPT. If
it works okay, then close it and rename the *.OLD files one at a time and
reopen PPT until you isolate the problem add-in. You'll want to make sure
you have file extensions turned on in Windows when you do this. Instrux for
that are at the bottom of the "do this before using PPT seriously" FAQ (link
above).