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How to minimize metadata in PowerPoint presentations
Provides steps that you can use to minimize metadata such as hidden information, user name, and personal summary information in PowerPoint.
Known issues with the Remove Hidden Data add-in version 1.0 for Office 2003 and Office XP
This article lists the additional known issues and topics with the Remove Hidden Data add-in for Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office XP that are not covered by the ReadMe file. Note The information in this article applies to the Remove Hidden...
Sample code to add the path and file name to each slide
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that adds the path and file name to the footer of each slide in a presentation. If you change the name or location of the presentation, you can run the macro...

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You receive an error message when you try to connect to an Oracle database table in an Office 2003 program
Describes a problem when you try to connect to an Oracle database table, you cannot connect to the database table and you receive an error message.
Issues that are fixed in the update to the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats
Describes several issues that are resolved after you install the updated Office Compatibility Pack. Describes how to obtain and install the update for the Compatibility Pack.

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You cannot edit the footer information in the "Header and Footer" dialog box when you open a presentation in PowerPoint
Describes a behavior that occurs because PowerPoint 2007 handles footer information differently than earlier versions of PowerPoint do.
Only the title text and the footer text is printed when you print a PowerPoint 2003 presentation that is based on the Business vision design template
Describes a problem in which only the title and footer text is printed when you print a presentation to a black and white printer in PowerPoint 2003. This problem occurs when the presentation is based on the Business vision design template.
PowerPoint Show (*.pps) file copies as a PowerPoint (.ppt) file from an IIS Web server
Explains that a PowerPoint Show (.pps) file may be saved to a PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt) file when you try to download it from an IIS server. Requires that you create a new MIME type on the IIS server that is specific for .pps files.

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