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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This value tells PowerPoint which language to use for its various options such as the spelling checker. Valid values are listed below, but you must type them in hexadecimal format. For clarity, the decimal value is in parentheses above and appears to the left below, but you should type only the hexadecimal.

1030 Danish
1031 German
1033 U.S. English
1034 Spanish
1036 French
1040 Italian
1043 Dutch
1044 Norwegian
1054 Swedish
2057 British English
2070 Portuguese
3081 Australian English

IV-156 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: LinkSoundSize
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0x64 (100)

This value determines how PowerPoint treats sound files. PowerPoint loads into your presentations those sounds files that are smaller than this value, and it links to sound files larger than this value. The value is in kilobytes, but you must type the value in hexadecimal format. For clarity, the decimal value is in parentheses, but you should type only the hexadecimal.

IV-157 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Do not underline errors
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

Setting this value to 1 hides the wavy red line under possible spelling errors in your presentation. Disabling this feature causes PowerPoint to mark possible spelling errors with a wavy red line that are visible on the screen but that do not print.

IV-158 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: DocMaximized
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 maximizes the document window when you open PowerPoint.

IV-159 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: DragAndDrop
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 allows drag-and-drop text editing; setting it to 0 causes PowerPoint to extend the selection when you drag the cursor over text.

IV-160 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: FastSaves
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Enabling this feature speeds up saving by recording only the changes in a presentation. Disabling this feature means that save commands take longer but save the entire presentation.

IV-161 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: GuidesVisible
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0

If this value is set to 0, PowerPoint displays the vertical and horizontal alignment guides on your slides. The alignment guides are useful for aligning objects on your slides.

IV-162 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Ignore email and file names
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 tells PowerPoint’s spelling checker to ignore e-mail and filenames.

IV-163 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Ignore UPPERCASE words
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1

Setting this value to 1 tells PowerPoint’s spelling checker to ignore words in UPPERCASE letters.

IV-164 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\PowerPoint\Options
Value Name: Ignore words with numbers
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1


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