Help! "Available for Use" designs have disappeared!

[Helen]

Good day,

How can this happen? I'm using PPT 2003. Since yesterday, I cannot get any
of the Available for use designs to display. Whether I start a new
presentation or open an old one, when I click Design > Available for use, I
get nothing.

Please help me restore PowerPoint.

Thanks!

Hélène

 

[Echo S]

We don't know what causes this, but Disappearing or blank thumbnails in task
panes
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00779.htm has a ton of things to try.

 

[Helen]

Thank you, Echo S, good answer and helpful.

I went to the Microsoft site and downloaded them again.

We don't know what causes this, but Disappearing or blank thumbnails in task
panes
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00779.htm has a ton of things to try.

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Good day,

How can this happen? I'm using PPT 2003. Since yesterday, I cannot get
any
of the Available for use designs to display. Whether I start a new
presentation or open an old one, when I click Design > Available for use,
I
get nothing.

Please help me restore PowerPoint.

Thanks!

Hélène