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Re: PowerPoint 4.0 with Win-OS/2 problems

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From: Peter Hancox
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 00:00
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In <431ood$9he@news.internetmci.com>, splat@mcimail.com (Simon McClenahan) writes:
>
>	I have OS/2 2.11 trying to run Microsoft's PowerPoint. I Open
>a PowerPoint document that is fairly complex and takes several seconds
>to draw on the screen (with Win-OS/2). Unfortunately, PowerPoint
>doesn't seem to be satisfied with drawing it once. It seems to be
>stuck in a loop and keeps refreshing/re-drawing the document. However,
>if I somehow manage to scroll to a part of the page that doesn't have
>so many objects on it, it's fine.
>
>	Any idea on what to do about this madness! And while you're at
>it, tell me why Descent likes to play havoc with modem and cause it to
>reset itself ad-infinitum.

I had similiar problems and I think they still exist in version 3.0.  I
believe running in a full-screen session was the only way around the
problem.

CHEERS

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From: phancox@zeta.org.au (Peter Hancox)
Subject: Re: PowerPoint 4.0 with Win-OS/2 problems
Date: 1995/09/15
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