PPT2000: Navigation to Multiple Copies of the Same Slide in a Custom Show Doesn't Work Correctly

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

When you have more than one copy of the same slide in a custom slideshow and try to navigate to it using one of the following methods, the presentation takes you to the wrong index position with in the custom show:

• You Type in the number of one of the slide's instances and press Enter.



• You use the keyboard to go backward once or twice then forward again.



• You use the By Slide Title or Slide Navigator choices from the Go menu.

CAUSE

The PowerPoint Custom Show tool identifies slides by their SlideID, which is insufficient to identify a slide completely. Because of this, the wrong occurrence of the slide in the custom show can be selected.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: PPT2K PPT2000 PPT POWERPNT 2000 PPT9 9.0

Keywords : kbdta kbshow
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug