# Power Point: Now You See It, Now You Don't...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/231964>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/231964 "2004-03-01T19:34:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/231964/1 "2004-03-01T19:34:35Z")

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I edited PowerPoint (PPT) presentation, and then brought the edited file to my boss. Out of 15 slides, there was one his PC would not display correctly…and it wasn’t even a page I edited!

Why would this be? My WAG may be his version is earlier than my version, but why would this effect how only one slide appears? - Jinx 😕

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**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-point-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/231964/2 "2004-03-01T19:48:24Z")

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Just a WAG, but I’ve had problems with PowerPoint referencing files on the hard drive where I created the presentation and not “bundling” them with the file so it would be portable. For instance, I did a presentation on a Japanese dialect and none of my sound files came with the program. Dunno if that helps…