Changing PowerPoint's Options and AutoCorrect settings
Problem
Perhaps you want to change PowerPoint's AutoFit settings or alter any of the many settings in the Tools, Options dialog box.
Solution
There isn't any easy solution, unfortunately.
PowerPoint stores most options settings in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\xx.0\PowerPoint\Options
(where xx.0 = 11.0 for Office 2003, 10.0 for Office 2002, etc.)
PowerPoint reads these settings at startup and writes them back at shutdown, so
- Changes you make while PPT is running will be ignored
- Changes you make while PPT is running will be overwritten when PPT shuts down
An external program that runs before or after PowerPoint could make the needed changes, as long as PowerPoint isn't running.