Hello, I have a remark. I've been happily using Powerdot for several years. Now I installed MiKTeX 2.8 and I get an empty first white slide with the word preamble in the bottom left corner. My presentation starts from the second slide and it's OK. I tried powerdot 1.4, but it did not help. No warnings. Since I had other problems with 2.8, I downgraded to 2.7 and everything is running smoothly. Best, Grabovsky Andrey