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Things That Often Go Wrong

I Can’t Find My File!

You spent hours polishing thatpresentation and now you can’t find the file. You know that you saved it, butit’s not there! The problem is probably one of two things: Either you saved thefile in a directory other than the one you thought you did, or you used adifferent name to save it than you intended. The solution? Use the File ® Find File command.

I’ve Run Out of DiskSpace!

Nothing is more frustrating than creatinga fancy PowerPoint presentation and then discovering that you’re completely outof disk space. What to do? Press Alt+Tab to move over to ProgramManager and then launch File Manager and rummage through your flash drive,looking for files you don’t need. Delete enough files to free up a fewmegabytes and then press Alt+Tab to move back to PowerPoint andsave your file.

PowerPoint Has Vanished!

You’re working at your computer, mindingyour own business, when suddenly —Whoosh! — PowerPoint disappears. Whathappened? Most likely, you clicked some area outside the PowerPoint window oryou pressed Alt+Tab or Alt+Esc, which whisks youaway to another program. To get PowerPoint back, press Ctrl+Esc.A list of all the active programs pops up; double-click PowerPoint to return toPowerPoint.

PowerPoint can also vanish into thin airif you use a screen saver program. Try giving the mouse a nudge to see whetherPowerPoint reappears.

/ Accidentally Deleted aFile!

Just learned how to delete files andcouldn’t stop yourself, eh? Relax. It happens to the best of us. Odds are thatyou can get the deleted file back, if you act fast enough. Conjure up FileManager and use the File ® Undelete command or launch theUndelete program from the Microsoft Tools group.

It Won’t Let Me Edit That!

No matter how hard you click the mouse,PowerPoint won’t let you edit that doohickey on the screen. What gives? Thedoohickey is probably a part of the Slide master. To edit it, use the View® Master ® Slide Master command. This step displays the Slide master and enables you toedit it.

Something Seems to BeMissing!

You have just read the article aboutEquation Editor, but nothing happens when you try to use it. You, or whoeverinstalled PowerPoint on your computer, probably decided not to install it. Tocorrect this oversight, gather up your original installation disks and launchthe PowerPoint Setup program from the Microsoft Office group. (This problem canhappen with many optional compo­nents of PowerPoint, including Microsoft Chart,clip art, and templates.)

What Happened to My ClipArt)

You just purchased and installed anexpensive clip art collection that has 500 stunning photographic-quality imagesfrom the 1994 USA Synchronized Swim­ming Championships, but you can’t find themin the ClipArt Gallery. Where did they go? Nowhere. You just have to tellClipArt Gallery about them. Fire up the Gallery by clicking the InsertPicture button or by double-clicking a clip art object. Then click the Optionsbutton. Then click Add and tell PowerPoint where the new picturefiles are located.

One of the Toolbars IsMissing!

You reach for the Boldbutton, but it’s not there. In fact, the whole Formatting toolbar seems to bemissing. What gives? Somehow the view got messed up. It happens all the time,so don’t feel bad. Just look in the mirror and say to yourself, “It’s not myfault that the toolbar disappeared. It happens even to experts like that niceMr. Lowe, who wrote a whole book about PowerPoint. I shouldn’t blame myself.After all, I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and, doggone it, people like me.”

Then use the View ® Toolbars command to reactivate themissing toolbar.

All the Text Is the Same!

This problem happens in Outline view whenyou’ve clicked the Show Format­ting button. Just click Show Formatting again torestore text formatting, such as font, point size, italics, and so on.

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