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Download Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3) for the latest performance and security updates
Cannot Open PowerPoint Presentations Created in Previous Versions in PowerPoint 2003
If you are having problems opening PowerPoint presentations created in previous versions of PowerPoint or they open with corruption or contain missing content or receive an error message, please click the link above to obtain the patch. The error occurs if you have used OfficeArt shapes in your presentations.
Frequently Asked Questions About Packaging and Copying a Presentation to CD

How-to articles - PowerPoint 2003

How-to articles - PowerPoint 2003

Technical resources for Office Products
This article describes technical resources available on the various Microsoft web sites that you can use to assist you in the deployment and use of Microsoft Office applications.
List of some programming resources for Visual Basic programming in Office 2003
Provides a list of resources that are available to help you learn VB programming in Office 2003. It includes online help, object browser, MS Press books, KB articles, newsgroups, and other Web resources.
How documents are opened from a Web site in Office 2003
Describes how Microsoft Office 2003 opens documents from a Web site by using a hyperlink or by using a Web folder view in Internet Explorer. This article also describes the behaviors that you may encounter because of the design.

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Download details - PowerPoint 2003

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"There are no Office Assistant character files present on the system" error message when you start an Office 2003 program
Describes the error message that you receive when you start an Office XP program on a computer that also has Office 2003 programs installed.
Description of the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: August 20, 2004
Describes the issues that are fixed in the PowerPoint 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package that is dated August 20, 2004.
You receive the "Error accessing file. Network connection may have been lost" error message when you run a VBA macro that copies a presentation to a new presentation in PowerPoint 2003
Describes an issue where you receive a "network connect may have been lost" error message when you run a macro to copy a presentation to a new presentation in PowerPoint 2003.

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Troubleshooting - PowerPoint 2003

Troubleshooting - PowerPoint 2003

In Office programs, you receive a "Specified COMMAND search directory had too many parameters" error message when you try to use an MS-DOS core command from the Shell function
This article describes an issue when you attempt to use DOS core commands from the Shell function in a Visual Basic for Applications macro.
"Error 1919. Error configuring ODBC data source" error messages when you run the Setup program for Office
Describes an error message that you receive when you install an Office program.
Equation 3.1 and Organization Chart do not appear on the Create New tab of Word 2003, PowerPoint 2003 or Excel 2003.
Discusses the problem that you cannot see the Equation 3.1 and Organization Chart on the Create New tab when you open a document from Word 2003, from PowerPoint 2003, or from Excel 2003.

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