Auto Open

[Francis Hookham]

Is there the equivalent of XL's 'auto_open' so the Slide Show automatically
runs when the PP icon is double clicked?

Francis Hookham

 

[rajkohli]

XLSTART din't work for PPT. You can not modified any Microsoft Office
Shortcut Properties as well. So, if you want to open a particular
presentation when you click the PowerPoint shortcut then you have to create a
new shortcut.

For instance, I use the following RUN commands to see if they works. Thats
really works for every well. Even you don't need XLSTART folder to open a
particular file every time you start Excel.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" c:\Tricks.xls
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\POWERPNT.EXE" c:\Tips.ppt

The next step was creating a shortcut of those commands line on Desktop or
Start Menu. I right-clicked on Desktop - New - Shortcut and type the same
path.

Let us know, if this information is useful to you.

 

[rajkohli]

U R ALL-WAYS WELCOME!

Thanks for the additional information. This will help the OP autorun a
presentation when the PowerPoint icon itself is doubleclicked (I hadn't thought of
that interpretation of the question, but it makes sense).



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