Can one stop & minimize Viewer, bookmark location & return to book

[Kattisch]

Can one stop & minimize Viewer, bookmark location & return to bookmark that
was set in the presentation so that it doesn't have to start over again?

 

[Austin Myers]

No, not with the viewer. The viewer does not support automation at all.


Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress
www.playsforcertain.com

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I didn't read this as an automation question. If it was, then I defer to
Austin. If what you are asking is how to go to another application while
running a presentation in the Viewer, you might try Alt-Tab. You should
have the other application open, Alt-Tab to get to it, and then Alt-Tab
to get back to where you were in the viewer.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Thomas M.]

I have a user with the same need. I suggested the ALT+Tab option that David
also suggested here, but that won't work for my user because the slides are
timed and they will continue to page along while the user is in another
application.

I noticed the link in your sig block and looked at that page, but it wasn't
clear to me if any of those tools give the user the ability to pause the
presentation and switch to another application. I work for state
government, and I'm sure that my user is going to want the cheapest
solution, so something like freeware, or maybe something were we only need
to purchase a license for the machine where the presentation is created.

Are there any alternatives to the PowerPoint Viewer that have this
functionality?

--Tom

 

[aneasiertomorrow]

Hi Thomas

PowerPoint will pause when you go to another programme so alt+tab should
work for you.

Lucy
--
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

PowerPoint Live 2007 28-31 October in New Orleans www.pptlive.com
See you there

 

[Thomas M.]

I believe the issue is that the presentation developed by my user is
intended to be distributed to a fairly wide and general audience, some of
whom may not use the Office Suite and therefore may not have the full blown
version of PowerPoint installed, and probably aren't willing to buy a
license just to view one presentation. Basically, she wants to make the
presentation work well for the widest possible audience without regard to
whether or not PowerPoint is installed on the machines used to view the
presentation.

I haven't worked much with PowerPoint, so maybe what she is trying to do
just can't be done without have PowerPoint installed. Nonetheless, that
seems to be her goal, so I'm trying to pin down the feasibility of
accomplishing what she wants.

--Tom

 

[aneasiertomorrow]

Hi Thomas

People without PowerPoint can use the free viewer available here:
PowerPoint 2003 viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...27-43AB-4F24-90B7-A94784AF71A4&displaylang=en
PowerPoint 2007 viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...40-14E1-467D-8DCA-19D2A8FD7485&displaylang=en

You can also include the viewer with the presentation for distribution by
using file -> package for CD -> options -> tick include viewer (home ->
publish -> package for CD in 2007)

The viewer supports alt+tab and will pause the presentation while the
computer's focus in on another programme. It does not support macros. See
here for more info: http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00153.htm

Does that answer your question? If not, be sure to include version in your
reply post.

Lucy
--
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

PowerPoint Live 2007 28-31 October in New Orleans www.pptlive.com
See you there

 

[Thomas M.]

That sounds like it might be the ticket. We'll have to test it, and I'll
try to post our results back in the next few days. Thanks for your help!

--Tom

 

[Thomas M.]

Upon a closer reading of your previous post, I'm not sure it really helps
us. My first reading of your post was that you were suggesting a 3rd party
viewer. But it looks like you're just suggesting the PowerPoint 2003
viewer. I think that my user is already running the PowerPoint 2003 viewer,
and ALT+Tab is not pausing the presentation.

The presentation is very complex, involving videos and timed slides. When
ALT+Tab is used to switch applications, it's like the presentation resets
when the user comes back to it. So if a user is on slide 23 of 57, then
ALT+Tabs to another application, and finally returns to the presentation, it
will start over from the beginning.

The best we've been able to tell her so far is to right-click and check the
slide number before using ALT+Tab to switch away from the presentation, and
then after switching back into the presentation she can again right-click
and jump to the appropriate slide. Not ideal, but it should be workable for
her.

--Tom

 

[aneasiertomorrow]

Hi Tom

Sorry to hear it doesn't work for you - it does for me. I'm not able to
recreate the problem - I have tested alt+tab with several different ppts with
auto-timings and with video and it works for me every time (i.e. the ppt
pauses until I go back to it then restarts from where I paused it). Also 'B'
and 'W' work for me to pause & restart.

The only thing I can think of is if she is using full powerpoint and
alt-tabs away, that she is alt-tabbing back to powerpoint and not the
powerpoint show (you'll see 2 instances of the presentation open when you
alt-tab; one is the show and one is the presentation in edit mode) - but that
can't happen with the viewer, only full powerpoint :-(

Sorry not to be able to resolve this for you.

Lucy
--
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

PowerPoint Live 2007 28-31 October in New Orleans www.pptlive.com
See you there