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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Setting this value to 1 tells PowerPoint’s spelling checker to ignore words that contain numbers.

IV-165 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: MacroVirusProtection
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 enables a warning dialog box that appears whenever you open a PowerPoint presentation that might contain macro viruses — any file that contains macros, customized toolbars, menus, or shortcuts.

IV-166 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: MRUListActive
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

This value controls the most recently used file list. Setting this value to 1 displays the most recently used files under the File menu.

IV-167 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: NewSlideDialog
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 enables the Show Slide Layout dialog box when you insert new slides into a presentation.

IV-168 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: NoEditTime
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 1 turns off Edit Time tracker. Setting this value to 0 enables the Edit Time tracker, and the total time shows up under Properties.

IV-169 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: NoStyledTitleBar
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 1 disables the styled text in the PowerPoint title bar.

IV-170 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Number of Undos
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x14 (20)

This value sets the number of times you can undo something. Increasing this value decreases the amount of memory available to PowerPoint.

IV-171 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Options dialog current tab
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

This value is an index to the last-used tab on the Options dialog box. PowerPoint stores this value and displays the most recently used section of Options.

IV-172 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Produce 8-bit metafiles
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Turning off this option displays metafiles better on 24-bit systems.

IV-173 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: PromptForFileProperties
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 0 causes PowerPoint to open the Properties dialog box when you save a PowerPoint presentation for the first time.

IV-174 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Recolor imported Graph
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 0 causes PowerPoint to recolor imported graphs, which can slow down the display but makes imported graphs look better.


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