That did it! I had tried earlier, but apparently didn't hold it long enough...this time I held it until the forced change choices came up. Now, to figure out why... Thanks, Pat On Nov 22, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Joel Esler wrote: > Did you try killing it? Force Quit? > > Hold down Option -> Open Apple -> Esc > > The Force Quit menu should come up, kill Powerpoint. > > If that doesn't work, i have another solution > > J