You'd think a product that's been evolving for 25 years has had time to achieve perfection. But Powerpont's far from it. Here are a few suggestions:

• Do not assume by default that a user wants slides to move automatically after a number of seconds! This is the most annoying thing I've ever had software do to me. You are in a hurry in front of an audience and have to cut the presentation to tell Microsoft not to play like it knows what you want better than you do.
• The whole point of rehearsing timings is to know if the show fits in your schedule. So for God's sake, show the total, and not just the individiual slides' timing, after you're done rehearsing, not just while you're rehearsing.
• Have a way for someone to re-rehearse starting at any slide, not just #1.

--Alex

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