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Q159917: PPT7: PowerPoint Launches In Background From Windows 3.x Program

Article: Q159917
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:7.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbinterop
Last Modified: 16-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you start Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, from Program
Manager, File Manager, or from any Windows 3.x application, such as Microsoft
Mail 3.2 by either double-clicking the PowerPoint icon or the file, the
PowerPoint window appears behind the other program.

PowerPoint functions correctly; you can press "ALT+TAB" (without the quotation
marks) to switch to it.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at
the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 7.00 ppt7 taskbar hidden ordered progman winfile

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Keywords          : kbenv kbinterop 
Technology        : kbPowerPtSearch kbPowerPt700 kbZNotKeyword2 kbPowerPt700Search
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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