downloading PPT templates from Microsoft

[Dan]

when I click on get "More themes from Microsoft Online" I am taken directly
to the page; but told I don't have PPT 2007 installed in my computer or I
need the newest DirectX. I DO have 2007 installed (as a single piece - I
also have the 2003 suite); and I have upded the DirectX and the downloads
still don't work. Any thoughts?

Along the same line, every time I start PPT 2007 my computer tries to
install PPT 2003 - and this is really a time-consuming process to make it
stop - I usually have the best luck with task manager and "end program" -
but there's gotta be a better way.

Thanks.

 

[Mary B]

Hi, Dan.
I don't have an answer, but I have some questions. Have you activated PPT
2007? If not, you probably need to do that. And, which product was
installed first on your computer? I know this may sound like a silly
question, but if you recently purchased a new computer with Office 2007
already installed, and then installed Office 2003, it could be that some
registry settings were changed and MS doesn't recognize that you have PPT
2007.

 

[Mabel]

Hi, Dan. Here is a website that might be helpful regarding having two
versions of Office on your computer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928091.

It says that you should install the earliest version first, and then the
later version.
But it goes into a lot more detail, about the registry, etc.