PPT97: Set Up Show Dialog Box Won't Close w/ Invalid Number

ID: Q167094

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft PowerPoint, if you type the number for a slide that does not exist in the From or To boxes in the Set Up Show dialog box and then click OK, the Set Up Show dialog box will not close. Instead, the invalid slide number will change to a valid number. This occurs even if you click to select the All option before you click OK.

For example, if you have a 20-slide presentation and click Set Up Show on the Slide Show menu, type the number 30 in the To box, click All, and then click OK, the number 30 changes to 20 and the Set Up Show dialog box will not close.

RESOLUTION

To exit the Set Up Show dialog box, use either of the following methods:

• Click to select the All option again and then click OK.

      -or-
  

• Click OK.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: 97 ppt97 ppt8 ppt8.0 8.00 slideshow dialogue

Keywords          : kbusage
Version           : WINDOWS:97; MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: September 17, 1998