No display / flickering display within application

[mtnbear1]

I'm not entirely sure that this is a PP problem or not, but so far it
only appears within PP application...

A funny thing happens in the composition screen with the slide layout
window open. Normally, this window will display a variety of slide
designs from which the user could choose. A user in our group will
load the application and open the slide layout window and NO designs
will display. The window is blank. Moving the cursor within the
window shows flickering images of the designs that should be there, but
once the cursor moves away the design disappears!

I've uninstalled and reinstalled PP from Office 2003 and at first the
slide design window display is fine, but after a short time it reverts
to the flaky, blank display again. BTW, this occurs with many
presentation files.

Could this be within the application? Could it be a virus?

Any ideas?

Thank you!

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Probably not a virus, more than likely it is the computer's video
acceleration causing the flicker.

To fix this, read:
**How to set graphics hardware acceleration back
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00129.htm

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[mtnbear1]

Hi Bill,

First, thanks for your reply! I tried the video acceleration fix and
unfortunately, it didn't improve the situation. I went from full down
to two clicks remaining and the results were all the same.

Please let me know if you have any other ideas.

Thanks again,
Mark

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Don't be afraid to take it all the way as a test.

Try it, if it fixes the issue than we know where to look, if not than we no
where not to look.

--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
billdilworth.mvps.org
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yahoo2@ Please read the PowerPoint
yahoo. FAQ pages. They answer most
com of our questions.
www.pptfaq.com
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