Re: I can not see pictures or lines in Powerpoint "normal view"

From: Sonia (scds_at_nowherebuthere.com)
Date: 10/17/04


Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 10:08:06 -0700

It's not the first time there's been a problem with NAV, although the problems
have never resembled yours. I'm curious whether you know if you had the NAV
Office Plug-in activated? Info at
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00387.htm. You may want to read through that
in case the uninstall wasn't totally clean and a problem reappears.

"officeuser" <officeuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:71726250-4B0E-4471-B019-536E21F3C0A7@microsoft.com...
> The strangest thing just happened. I uninstalled Norton Antivirus, because I
> am switching to McAfee . I exchanged AV software, and now my PPT is working
> fine. I don't understand what these two things have to do with each other,
> however that is what happened.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Regards.
>
> "officeuser" wrote:
>
> > Hello Sonia, I have tried to do what you suggested and I get the follwing
> > message "There are currently no restore points available".
> > If I try clicking the month back to September, it will not move, so I assume
> > there are no restore points, period. Not just for October, but none saved.
> >
> > I wonder what might be going on. I do not remember if this problem showed up
> > during a session or if it was in a new one. I only remember trying to put a
> > border in a square and not seeing it. The next thing I noticed, was that if
I
> > inserted a picture, it would not show either.
> >
> > I have already tried uninstalling and re-installing PowerPoint, but the
> > problem is still there.
> >
> > I hope you can help me out here, because I do rely a lot on PPT for my work.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> > "Sonia" wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you for answering the questions so thoroughly. That will definitely
help.
> > > All we have to do is figure out what happened three days ago and reverse
it.
> > >
> > > I would guess that this didn't begin happening in the middle of a session
with
> > > PowerPoint, but if it did, that is key information, so please let us know.

> > >
> > > Can you remember if and what you installed several days ago? Have you
tried
> > > restoring the system to 3 days ago using System Restore? Go to Start >
Help and
> > > Support, you should look for an item under Pick a Task that says "Undo
changes
> > > to your computer with System Restore. At this point you don't want to
actually
> > > do a Restore, but it will be helpful if you look to see what restore
points have
> > > been taken since just before your problem occurred.
> > >
> > > So, click on "Undo changes to your computer with System Restore". On the
next
> > > screen, leave Restore my computer set and click on Next. You'll see a
calendar.
> > > Any date that is in bold means there was a checkpoint taken on that date.
Click
> > > on yesterday, and then the day before that, and you'll see more details
about
> > > the reason for the checkpoint. Do you see any that were taken when
something
> > > was installed or removed from your system? If so, what was installed?
> > >
> > >
> > > "officeuser" <officeuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:7F576619-2A92-411F-9060-E4CC1AC123CD@microsoft.com...
> > > > 1. What version of PowerPoint? What is the latest Service Pack
applied?
> > > > MS Office 2003 - PowerPoint 2003, Windows XP SP2 installed, MS Office
2003
> > > > SP 1 installed.
> > > > 2. Does this happen when viewing all presentations, of is it just
happening
> > > > with one presentation file? All presentations, old and new.
> > > > 3. Was the presentation created on this machine, with the version of
> > > > PowerPoint
> > > > that you are viewing it in? Yes most of them were and were working
properly
> > > > until a couple of days ago
> > > > 3. When did it start? About 3 days ago
> > > > 4. Have you ensured that you have the most recent driver available for
your
> > > > video card? Yes I do.
> > >
> > >
> > >



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