How do I make a slide show automatically escape without using tim.

[Marty the producer]

I have a single-slide PowerPoint presentation. On the slide isa movie that
begins automatically. I want the power point slide show to automatically
escape at the end of the movie. A timer won't work because someone might
choose to pause and resume the movie. What can I do?

 

[Marty the producer]

Further information from Marty: I am running a playlist in PowerPoint Viewer.
I want the PowerPoint slide show to automatically advance to the next slide
show when each one finishes.

 

[PPTMagician]

Have you tried setting the automatic slide transition to last slightly longer
than your movie?
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Thanks,
Glenna Shaw
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
http://www.pptmagic.com

 

[Bill Foley]

To add to Glenna's, if you save the file as a PPS and make sure your
"Tools", "Options" setting to "End with black slide" is turned off, it will
close after the time times out.

 

[Marty the producer]

Thanks,

Glenna's suggestion isn't helpful to me because the timer starts when the
page opens. On the page is a wmv movie file. The player start time of the
movie is unpredictable from one computer (and one drive/media) to the next.

Bill's suggestion also is not helpful because it appears to me that the
Tools/Options "End with black slide" setting is computer specific. I cannot
pass on this option setting as part of the slideshow (ppt or pps seems to
have no significance to this).