Powerpoint 2008 Opening Presentations Problem

Hi when I open an existing powerpoint that I created it automatically goes to the slideshow view like I'm going to present it. But I just want to edit it, so if I click in the bottom corner, end show, it closes the whole presentation, and I have to go under file-open-"ppt. 1" or whatever. It's a real pain, I don't want it to open it as if I'm going to present it, I want it to start it up and normal view. Also why when I hit end show does it not go normal view but close the whole presentation. After I open it the long way it works fine, if I end the show, it goes back to normal mode, but for some reason when I do it the other way it messes up.
Thanks,
Brendan

So, I went to the Apple Store last night and spent a great deal of time with two Apple Geniuses. They were puzzled. We check one of their new MacBook Pros running 10.5.6 and Office for Mac 2008 version 12.1.5. It worked fine on their computer. So it looks like Office 2008 can run and print on a MacBook Pro unibody with the latest OS and MS updates. Next, we tried my computer printer to their printers, a Lexmark and an HP, and no success. So it looks like it is not a printer driver problem. We took a PP file from my computer and put it on one of their computers to rule out a corrupt file and it worked fine. So, I am still not sure what caused it. They suggested that I completely un-install MS Office 2008 and re-install, but what a pain, but I think I will try that this weekend. Adam, thanks for your input, as that makes it seem like an OS 10.5.6 problem. However, I must say I have Office 2004 on my iMac and updated it to 10.5.6 and it works there fine. Hope we get this solved soon.

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