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Control Toolbox, Powerpoint 03

I want to use the Control Toolbox in PowerPoint 2003, but it is grayed out. It works in PowerPoint XP.

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mmacdougall

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How can I check if the visual basic editor is installed?

Brian Mulder

you can hit ALT+F11 to see if it's there

Geetesh Bajaj

Do you have PowerPoint XP(2002) and 2003 on the same machine?

mmacdougall

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Yes I do

Geetesh Bajaj

Thank you for the quick response.

Well, I set my security level to "Very High" in PowerPoint 2003 using Tools | Macros | Security and I can still view and click anywhere in my Control Toolbox.

Here are some thoughts:

1. In PowerPoint 2003, choose Help | Detect and Repair.

2. Are all the buttons in the Control toolbox grayed out - or is it just one button?

mmacdougall

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they are all grayed out

Geetesh Bajaj

It does look like your Administrator has disabled user interface elements - this is possible in Office 2003.

More info at:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2003/five/ch18/mnta04.htm#sub_5

You'll need to request your Administrator to enable the interface elements.

mmacdougall

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I am the Administrator, I didnt' disable them. I will check this out

Geetesh Bajaj

Mmacdougall, do check and get back.

Also, it does seem that the same reason would cause the Control Toolbox icons to be grayed out in other Office 2003 applications like Word - can you check that as well.

mmacdougall

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only Powerpoint 03 installed

mmacdougall

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It turns out that the visual basic editor is not installed, can it be installed from the Office 2003 cd

Brian Mulder

think so it's one of the options in that long list when you install, it would also mean you couldn't ALT+F11 earlier?