PowerPoint 2003 Solution Center

Add-ins

Add-ins that are installed in PowerPoint 2002 are available to PowerPoint 2003 or to PowerPoint 2007
Describes a behavior that occurs because these versions of PowerPoint share a common Add-ins folder.
How to build an Office COM add-in by using Visual C# .NET
Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2007 support a uniform design architecture for building application add-ins to enhance and to control Office applications. These add-ins are called Microsoft Component Object Model (COM)...
How To Build an Office COM Add-in by Using Visual Basic .NET
Microsoft Office 2000 and later support a new, uniform design architecture for building application add-ins to enhance and to control Office applications. These add-ins are called COM add-ins. This step-by-step article discusses Office COM add-ins and...

Description of Office 2003 Service Pack 3
Office 2003 SP3 contains security enhancements and stability improvements. Some of the fixes included with Office 2003 SP3 were previously released in separate updates. Office 2003 SP3 combines the previously released fixes into one update.
Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...

Macros and add-ins do not run when security is set to High in PowerPoint and Word
Describes a problem that occurs when you try to run a macro. To resolve the problem, add digital signatures to your macro, or obtain an add-in with a digital signature. You can also trust installed add-ins or change the macro virus protection level.
You cannot add or play a custom soundtrack in a PowerPoint slide show
Describes a behavior that occurs because PowerPoint no longer supports the PowerPoint Custom Soundtrack Add-in.
You cannot add an add-in to PowerPoint
Describes why you cannot add an add-in to PowerPoint. Provides steps to change the security level or macro setting to let you add the add-in.