Powerpoint hangs when i click format slide design

[dbourke7]

Using Powerpoint 2003 when i try and go to format, slide design powerpoint
stops responding and i have to close it down with task manager.

any clues why?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Not off the top of my head, but lets do something first...

Apply all the Windows updates, then apply all the Office updates. Try it
again. This sounds like something that might have been resolved in on of
the SP's.


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Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
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[dbourke7]

installed updates, and also office sp3. still doing the same. also, before i
tried this i uninstalled office, and reinstalled.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

OK, still shooting in the dark here, but ...

.... I would try a detect and repair from the help tab in PowerPoint (to
double check that the PowerPoint program is working correctly).

.... I would also try moving all my POT files out of their default location
(in case one of them has become corrupted and is crashing the system).

Let me know if either of these work.

--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
..

 

[dbourke7]

noy joy sorry. any other ideas?

OK, still shooting in the dark here, but ...

.... I would try a detect and repair from the help tab in PowerPoint (to
double check that the PowerPoint program is working correctly).

.... I would also try moving all my POT files out of their default location
(in case one of them has become corrupted and is crashing the system).

Let me know if either of these work.

--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
..

 

[Bill Dilworth]

What local (not networked) printers do you have installed?

Is the CPU busy doing something, or just idle?

Bill D.