Multiple presentations in Powerpoint viewer 2003

[RJimenez]

I used to be able to load multiple presentations in powerpoint viwer and run
them one after the other. The 2003 version will only let me load one at a
time run the presentation then exit back to the open window to load the next.
Anybody have any iideas what I'm doing wrong???

 

[Sonia]

There was a change made. The new PowerPoint 2003 Viewer will open a playlist
file from the command line only, not from the GUI. See
http://www.soniacoleman.com/Tutorials/PowerPoint/powerpoint_2003_viewer.htm.
Note that a playlist file is just a text file that contains the name of one
presentation per line, assuming that they are all in the same folder with the
playlist. If they are in different folders, you'll have to provide the full
path to the presentation files.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[RJimenez]

Okay I went to the link but I'm not sure I understand. Do I open a dos
command line and type that in? Any chance I can get a little hand holding on
this one??? Thanks

 

[Sonia]

Yes, you need to (1) use the DOS command line, or (2) you can use NotePad to
create a Bat file as follows.

(1) If you use the DOS command line, you have to provide the full path to the
PPTVIEW.EXE file and the playlist.txt file. That would require going to Start >
Run, typing cmd.exe and clicking OK and then typing:
<path>PPTVIEW.EXE /L "<path>playlist.txt"

(2) Create a folder that contains the files needed for the Viewer, your
playlist, your presentations, and the Bat file. For example:

command.bat
gdiplus.dll
intldate.dll
pres1.ppt
playlist.txt
pptview.exe
ppvwintl.dll
saext.dll
pres2.ppt
unicows.dll

My command.bat file contains:

@ECHO OFF
PPTVIEW.EXE /L "playlist.txt"

The playlist.txt file contains:

pres2.ppt
pres1.ppt

Now you can either browse to command.bat and click on it to run it, or you can
create a shortcut on your Desktop that points to your command.bat file. Double
click on the icon and it will run.