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Yes, all that grief was due to using section breaks, so I switched them all to page breaks.

I guess the “ultimate” question remains though: If one wanted to, how would one use consistent page numbering if one HAD to use section breaks?

Thanks all, for your help. Don’t know how/why I started doing section breaks. Was a good idea at the time!

Maybe I need to be doing PAGE breaks and not SECTION breaks?

I appreciate the help! I checked fields and they appear okay. Maybe my issue is sections. I have 18 pages at this point, but have probably 15 page breaks to force the ‘next section’ to the next page. I do notice that sections with more than one page are numbered correctly INSIDE a given section, but I’ve got a lot of pages numbered “1”.

How do I tell it to page number the ‘whole’ document, not by section?

Ah, yes. Details! I knew what I meant! {:-)

When I put page numbers in the header, MSWord is now numbering the each page: “1 of X”. Where X is the total number of pages so if the document has 3 pages “1 of 3” (on EACH page) 14 pages? “1 of 14” (on EACH page).

Again, we installed a fix of some type that would correctly say: “1 of 14”, “2 of 14”, “3 of 14″……”14 of 14”

Sorry, gang!

I tried this once in the past and it wasn’t worth the time for the limited effect. I was just trying to scroll text up/off, not even make it smaller!

I haven’t dug, but I think you CAN put flash into PP2000 and above.

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Try: http://www.zdnet.com/downloads%5B/url%5D and search for “slideshow” or try: http://www.simplythebest.net/%5B/url%5D and try there. They are my two favorites. I’ve never had a need to find/use one yet, I just know they are out there.

There are some shareware programs out there that allow you to create slideshow type programs without the need for powerpoint. Would this answer your need?

There are too many variables to guess the issue. The variables are: hard-drive speed, processor speed, system bus speed, video card speed, video card memory, RAM, display response, (and that’s just the PC side); cable quality, LCD engine and more on the projector side.

Normally this type of problem is plain old throughput, with ALL of the above making a contribution. Picture this; You have a pitcher of koolaid, you’re going to pour in into a 5 gallon drum with no lid. Should go quickly, no? I forgot to tell you that your pouring into a funnel with a 1/4″ tube 12 feet from the drum.

You are the laptop main processor. You have the ability to pour and control the pitcher. The drum is the projector. In between we have a chocked old video card and an old slow system bus. So no matter how fast you can pour (process), the pipe between can only handle so much data. Once the processor starts pouring, the processor will pour at whatever rate it chooses, regardless of the pipes ability to accept the koolaid (data). So, you’re pouring quicker than the funnel and hose can carry koolaid to the drum. Thus, some flows over the sides to the ground. What ends up in the drum (projector) is less than what was sent; your picture is choppy.

This is a vast over-simplification and skips some information. Suffice to say your Dell notebook is NOT the ‘same’ as the desktop in your comparison. I’ll bet on a better video card, Video memory combo and faster system bus on the desktop. I also doubt that hard-drive speed will have much to do with it. Much like real-estate, PC to projector is about three things: Throughput, Throughput, & Throughput.

200 drawings? Into ONE presentation? More info please?

Tedders,
Noticed that at this point you’d had 14 views and no answers to your post. In reading it, it is rather cryptic and I for one have no clue what you really mean
I’d love to help. Can you restate with a little more info?

Yeah, that’ll happen

Anyhow, glad we got some resolution!

Ureka! (Maybe)

If you have the second show “OPEN”, I find it does as you say.

However, if you open ONLY the first presentation and allow it to show the second, it works as you would like. At least in my testing.

Try it and let me know

Go and search for this issue (like insert image or something) I know we’ve dealt with this before.

Issue: If you do a ‘print screen’ and paste that into PP, it goes in as a BMP. HUGE FILE size!! paste that image into PaintShopPro or other image program and save as JPG or GIF. IF you save as JPG, watch your compression (reduction in quality). Find out where you can stand the reduction and use that. A 5000K BMP file could become a 176K JPG. Then insert the image file instead of pasting.

The other real kick is that removing an image or two may or may not reduce your file size!

I think I know what you wanna do, but not totally sure from your post. I’ve created two files that do what I THINK you’re trying to do. Lemme know. (Zip file)