DOCUMENT:Q143013 16-APR-2000 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT7: After Build Step Fails in Slide Show PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:WINDOWS:7.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbusage ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you run your presentation in slide show view, some of the objects in your presentation (text boxes, pictures, drawing objects) may be built incorrectly. CAUSE ===== This problem may occur when the animation settings for the object includes the following: - The "Start When Previous Build Ends" check box is selected (under "Build Options" - A setting is selected in the "After Build Step" drop-down box If you use these two options with the same object, the After Build Step will fail. RESOLUTION ========== Use one or the other of these options. That is, if you want to use the the "After Build Step" option, clear the "Start When Previous Build Ends" check box (under Build Options). STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in PowerPoint version 7.0 for Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available. Additional query words: 7.00 ppt powerpt powerpnt dim change color ====================================================================== Keywords : kbusage Technology : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search Version : WINDOWS:7.0 Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2000.