Power Point

How does it perform in Safe mode? Any thing special about the file? Linked graphics, etc. Autosave?

Some of the standard troubleshooting tips are:

1. Update video drivers
2. Turn hardware acceleration to 3/4 or 1/2
3. Change your display settings...try High Color, True Color 24-bit and True Color 32-bit. Sometimes True Color will actually work better than High.
4. Don't use the checkerboard if it freezes things! Fade Through Black or dissolve transitions? Several people have mentioned here that these bring 'some' of their machines to a
dead halt.

have had this happen to me as well. Two things seem to work;

-Check the virtual memory setting. if you have a lot on your hard drive, WIN2K may be running out of virtual memory, espcially if it is set at a fixed amount rather than win select.
-Try to group all graphics on each page into one graphic. That reduces both the loading time, and the overhead required to save the images of each page for later use. Windows saves those images individuallly with resources. That can add up to a lot of memory in a long presentation. The more complex the presentation, the more and faster the memory is used.

have had this happen to me as well. Two things seem to work;

-Check the virtual memory setting. if you have a lot on your hard drive, WIN2K may be running out of virtual memory, espcially if it is set at a fixed amount rather than win select.
-Try to group all graphics on each page into one graphic. That reduces both the loading time, and the overhead required to save the images of each page for later use. Windows saves those images individuallly with resources. That can add up to a lot of memory in a long presentation. The more complex the presentation, the more and faster the memory is used.

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