Freeze-ups in PowerPoint

stellman · stellman #1 (**permalink**)

06-26-2008, 06:48 AM

My Mac Pro (Leopard 10.5.3) freezes while I am entering text or other data in a PowerPoint slide. I think it occurs when I accidentally hit several keys at the same time - a combination of left-over habits from PC days and simple finger slips. Possibly apple + alt + some other letter, but I never exactly notice till its too late. The spinning ball comes up and I have to force quit.

Is this a known problem? There are threads on other boards that describe numerous other PowerPoint freeze-up problems but not this one.

Is there a way to disable keyboard combinations?

stellman · stellman #2 (**permalink**)

06-26-2008, 08:26 AM

Added note - it's definitely Apple-Delete that freezes PowerPoint.

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stellman #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 35 Mac Specs: Mac Pro	06-26-2008, 06:48 AM My Mac Pro (Leopard 10.5.3) freezes while I am entering text or other data in a PowerPoint slide. I think it occurs when I accidentally hit several keys at the same time - a combination of left-over habits from PC days and simple finger slips. Possibly apple + alt + some other letter, but I never exactly notice till its too late. The spinning ball comes up and I have to force quit. Is this a known problem? There are threads on other boards that describe numerous other PowerPoint freeze-up problems but not this one. Is there a way to disable keyboard combinations?
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stellman #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 35 Mac Specs: Mac Pro	06-26-2008, 08:26 AM Added note - it's definitely Apple-Delete that freezes PowerPoint.
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