1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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IV-175 Problem: You have users who want access to PowerPoint clip art, but you don’t want to give them administrator access or have them log on as local users. In other words, you want domain users to have access to the clip art without giving away the farm. This registry entry helps you around this problem.

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\ClipArt Gallery\2.0

With the 2.0 key highlighted, click Permissions. Give everyone full control to this key and the subkeys by clicking on the Change Existing Subkeys box in the dialog box. Now domain users have access to the clip art.

IV-176 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: RulersVisible
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 1 enables the horizontal and vertical rulers, which appear on the top and left side of the slide window.

IV-177 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Save Text Content Stream
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 1 copies all slide text to a Text_Content index stream that the Find File uses. This feature corresponds to the “Save Full Text Search Information” option.

IV-178 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: SaveAutoRecoveryInfo
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 enables PowerPoint’s AutoRecovery features.

IV-179 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: SaveFullTextSearchInfo
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Enabling this feature causes PowerPoint to save full text search information with your presentation.

IV-180 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Send TrueType fonts as bitmaps
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Enabling this feature causes PowerPoint to print TrueType fonts as graphic images instead of downloading the TrueType font to your printer.

IV-181 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Show Preview
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

If this feature is enabled, the Slide Miniature window is visible under the File/Open dialog box.

IV-182 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: ShowStatusBar
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Disabling this registry key causes PowerPoint to hide the status bar. This feature is useful if you need more working room on the screen.

IV-183 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: SizeOfMRUList
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 4

This value sets the number of Most Recently Used files PowerPoint tracks and displays at the bottom of the File menu. Acceptable values range from 1 to 9.

IV-184 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: SmartCutPaste
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Enabling this feature causes PowerPoint to remove extra spaces when you delete text and causes PowerPoint to add spaces when you insert text from the clipboard.

IV-185 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: SmartQuotes
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1


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