If you dont know the answer, could anyone tell me *how* I can report this
bug to Microsoft officially?

Open a new Powerpoint presentation and place an automatically running midi
file on the page.

When the slide is shown the midi file EXECUTES and programs a midi device
(some live audio equipment)

SUCCESS! (as one would expect.)

Place a SECOND automatically running midi file on the slide

When the slide is shown the FIRST midi file executes and programs a midi
device

The second now FAILS to run on XP or Tablet PC XP! (P.S. I need to use
two files because of SYSEX timing reasons)

Workaround
Custom animation, apply time delay to second midi file starting.
ENSURE that first midi has enough time to fully play otherwise
PowerPoint IGNORES IT.

Problem - Works on XP but not TABLET PC:

Two sounds will play on a slide but: if a slide contains TWO sounds and
the user clicks to a link with a slide containing two more sounds,
the new slide appears and the first sound plays, the second sound on the
new slide doesn't execute
until the user left clicks. (the slide doesn't change). Clicking again
advances to the next slide.

Why the extra click? Works fine on XP.

>> If you dont know the answer, could anyone tell me *how* I can report
this bug to Microsoft officially? <<

ms is famous for being totally unresponsive to user reported problems,
so, I don't have a good answer for you.

You might further the possibility that this gets to someone inside the
microsoft walls by reposting this on the powerpoint forum as well as
checking the help within powerpoint to see if there are any reporting
options there.

I do note that Hilton Locke who's sig (MSFT) indicates that he/she works
for ms has made the only 4 responses which appear to be from within ms
in the past month, so, perhaps he/she will respond to this query.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Hilton... if you read this, consider using the more standard [MSFT] in
your address as the "()" made you hard to find ;-)

In the old days Microsoft was famous for being extremely responsive to bug
reports. As the company has grew, it cut off this channel. It was still
possible to get around this official absence of a bug report channel by
knowing someone on the inside, and responsiveness in this context remained
excellent, but today even MVPs say they have no mechanism for reporting
bugs.

Microsoft was very innovative with the value of support from MVPs, but a
company that closes itself off from bug reports will lose its edge very
rapidly.

"Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote in
message news:uNlFMy5VIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> ms is famous for being totally unresponsive to user reported problems, so,
> I don't have a good answer for you.