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Mac Forum / Applications / PowerPoint / September 2005Switching PPT shows on the fly
Is there a script or process of having a 2nd PPT file queued up and ready to go so that one doesn't have to escape from the first and then start the second? I would like to have one PPT running and then with a simple keystroke have the 2nd one queued up and ready to begin. Matt You can put a button or hyperlink to link to the second PowerPoint. --David  SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/ > Is there a script or process of having a 2nd PPT file queued up and > ready to go so that one doesn't have to escape from the first and then > start the second? I would like to have one PPT running and then with a > simple keystroke have the 2nd one queued up and ready to begin. > > Matt > You can put a button or hyperlink to link to the second PowerPoint. > --David This does work with PPT 2004, but the original presentation continues to run in the background. When you exit from the second presentation, you're still in the original presentation. Shyam Pillai (http://skp.mvps.org/) has a free PPT add-in called "Single Slideshow Window Add-in" which prevents this; the original presentation is replaced by the hyperlinked one. I used it quite happily with PPT 2000 on Windows when I was a Windows user; unfortunately, it seems to be a Windows-only add-in, and doesn't work (for me, at least) with PPT 2004 on my Powerbook. "Warren R. Carithers" <wrc-usn@cs.rit.edu> wrote in news:uRTLXHTuFHA.1168 @TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl: >> You can put a button or hyperlink to link to the second PowerPoint. >> --David [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > a Windows-only add-in, and doesn't work (for me, at least) with PPT > 2004 on my Powerbook. I don't think Shyam frequents this group, but he does frequent the Windows PowerPoint group (microsoft.public.powerpoint). You can check over there to see if Shyam can tweak the add-in to get it to work on the Mac. My guess is that he can't because how he does it is probably Windows-specific, but he is a real wizard, so it wouldn't surprise me if he can. --David SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology Loyola College in Maryland Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/ Hi David, An add-in that closes one presentation and opens another is not something that would be hard to make. If Shyam doesn't come up with a quick solution, please post back to this thread. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> > "Warren R. Carithers" <wrc-usn@cs.rit.edu> wrote in news:uRTLXHTuFHA.1168 > @TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl: [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > --David > I don't think Shyam frequents this group, but he does frequent the > Windows PowerPoint group (microsoft.public.powerpoint). You can check > over there to see if Shyam can tweak the add-in to get it to work on the > Mac. My guess is that he can't because how he does it is probably > Windows-specific, but he is a real wizard, so it wouldn't surprise me if > he can. Thanks - I'll check over there. Matt, Does the mac version of powerpoint have "insert menu > object" as an option ? Cheers TAJ Simmons microsoft powerpoint mvp awesome - powerpoint backgrounds, http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints, tips and more... > Is there a script or process of having a 2nd PPT file queued up and ready > to [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Matt Hi TAJ, Yes, it does, but OLE on the Mac is not as robust as OLE on Windows. If you try to Insert > From File and browse to a PPT presentation you get an automation error. -Jim SignatureJim Gordon Mac MVP MVP FAQ <http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;mvpfaqs> > Matt, > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> >>Matt |
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