PowerPoint 2003 Views Problem

[bcurran]

Hello,

This is a strange problem and I can't seem to find anything about it
anywhere. I have one PC with Office 2003 Professional installed on it.
In PowerPoint 2003, I can't view the Slide Sorter, Notes Pages, Slide
Master, Handout Master, etc... The screen just flashes like it is
trying to display, then it just goes back to the main PowerPoint
screen. I uninstalled Office, deleted the Office 2003 registry keys,
and reinstalled and the problem still occurs. Any ideas on this would
be appreciated.

Bill

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Have you installed Service Pack 1? In PowerPoint, go to Help > Check for
Updates and follow the instructions to install SP1. I haven't heard of
your symptoms as a problem of not having SP1, but that is always the
first thing to try with PowerPoint 2003.
--David

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Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

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[bcurran]

I did have Service Pack 1 before uninstalling and the problem was
happening. I do not have SP1 currently. I will try installing that, but
I don't think that will correct the problem since I had the problem
with it perviously.

 

[Sonia]

Try turning off Hardware Acceleration:

How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

Next step would be to make sure that you have the latest available video driver
from the manufacturer of the card or of the computer if it is a laptop:

Drivers and such?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00029.htm
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Kathy J]

Once you have re-installed SP1, I would recommend checking for updates to
your video drivers and turning down hardware acceleration. For the video
driver updates, you need to go to the website for the company who makes your
video card. For information on changing the hardware acceleration, check out
this entry form Steve Rindsberg's PPT FAQ:
How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

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[bcurran]

I tired all those things and, No go. I have the latest video driver,
installed SP1, played around with the HW acceleration settings, and
none of that worked. Are their any other ideas?

 

[Austin Myers]

Hmmm, what OS are you running this on?


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Solutions to Multimedia in PowerPoint www.pfcmedia.com

 

[bcurran]

So far, no go. I installed SP1, changed HW acceleration and neither one
has been effective. I checked and the driver for my video card is the
latest version available for the card. Are their any other suggestions?

 

[Echo S]

Hm. I know I had this flashing problem once on certain graph slides -- but
only if I had mmm, dangit, can't remember what program running in the
background. Oh, maybe it was when SETI was running, I think. Maybe.

What do you have running in the background? Might be worth turning things
off to see if that helps.