And if you drive PowerPoint on a Mac, see this

PPTools
Shape Styles brings the power of styles to PowerPoint. Apply complex formatting with a single click
Merge Excel, CSV or tab-delimited data into PowerPoint presentations to create certificates, awards presentations, personalized presentations and more
FixLinks prevents broken links when you distribute PowerPoint presentations
Optimizer saves disk space and bandwidth, shrinks your PowerPoint presentations to the right size for email, screenshow or printing
PPT2HTML gives you full control of PowerPoint HTML output, helps meet Section 508 accessibility requirements
Prep4PDF preserves interactivity in PowerPoint presentations when you convert to PDF
Image Export converts PowerPoint slides to JPG, PNG, GIF, WMF and more

From Microsoft:

If you use versions of PowerPoint prior to X on a pre-Mac OS X Mac, see Q297238 OFF2001: How to Optimize Your Macintosh System Configuration

Also, visit The Mactopia Downloads page where you'll want to download and install the Service Release 1 patch if you haven't already done so.

And of course, drop down to the MAC FAQS section of the main PowerPoint FAQ page where you'll find lots more Mac-specific PowerPoint help.

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