Microsoft KB Archive/905578

= The CPU usage on a computer may increase to 100 percent when you view a presentation that has animation effects in PowerPoint 2003 or in PowerPoint 2002 =

Article ID: 905578

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS
The CPU usage on a computer may increase to 100 percent when you view a presentation that has animation effects in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 or in Microsoft PowerPoint 2002.



WORKAROUND
Use one of the following methods to work around this issue.

Method 1: Install the latest Microsoft Office 2003 service pack
To work around this issue in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, install the latest Office 2003 service pack.

For more information about the latest Office 2003 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

Note Some increase in CPU usage is expected when you view a presentation that has animation effects. Therefore, even after you install the latest service pack for Office 2003, you may still notice an increase in CPU usage when you view a presentation that has animation effects. This CPU usage will be higher than the CPU usage that you notice when you view a presentation that does not have animation effects.

Method 2: Save the presentation as a Web presentation

 * 1) Open the presentation in PowerPoint.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Save as.
 * 3) In the Save as type list, click Single File Web Page (*.mht; *mhtml), type a name for the new file, and then click Save.
 * 4) Exit PowerPoint.
 * 5) Double-click the .mht file that you saved in step 3.

The Web presentation starts in your browser.

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