PPT 2002 Clip Art Verwer vs PPT2000

[Trajan]

Just installed PPT2002. The clip art viewer is definitely inferior to the
clip art viewer on PPT2000. Smaller screen area, no categories - it's very
disappointing.

Is this something I have to live with, or is ther a way to improve the clip
art viewer in PPT2002?

 

[Echo S]

Click at the bottom of the task pane where it says "organize clips." That
opens the Clip Organizer, and you can see the categories listed on the left
in the various folders.

 

[Walter Donavan]

If I understand the question, here is a possible workaround.

Clip Organizer has never worked for me (it always crashes), so I put the
Office XP clips in Clip Gallery, find them in PhotoDraw 2000 Version 2
(keywords, categories, etc.), and then copy and paste them into Office XP.

This includes all free clips downloaded from Microsoft. I have it save them
with the .CIL clip Gallery extension, instead of the Clip Organizer
extension.

 

[Paul Ballou]

Have you tried compacting the Clip Organizer main catalog? Tools | Compact
Also running Detect and Repair can clear up problems.
--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

 

[Walter Donavan]

Thanks, Paul. Compact worked.

 

[Paul Ballou]

You're Welcome

--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

 

[Trajan]

It's a fresh Office 2002 install on a clean Win98SE machine with all
updates, only 30 minutes old.

 

[Trajan]

EXACTLY what I wanted - thanks!

Click at the bottom of the task pane where it says "organize clips." That
opens the Clip Organizer, and you can see the categories listed on the left
in the various folders.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP]
http://www.echosvoice.com

Just installed PPT2002. The clip art viewer is definitely inferior to the
clip art viewer on PPT2000. Smaller screen area, no categories - it's very
disappointing.

Is this something I have to live with, or is ther a way to improve the clip
art viewer in PPT2002?