Open PP in separate windows

[George Wilson]

I am using PowerPoint XP on a Windows XP system. Is there
any way to open two separate instances of PowerPoint?
Currently it opens in one window.
TIA
George

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Hi, George. In Powerpoint, click on Tools | Options | View | check the "Windows in Taskbar" box. This doesn't actually open two instances of Powerpoint, but it does put each open Powerpoint file in a separate icon on the task bar.

 

[George Wilson]

Yes I was aware of that setting, just wondering if you can
have two separate windows in PP like you can do with Word.
Thank you
George

-----Original Message-----
Hi, George. In Powerpoint, click on Tools | Options |

View | check the "Windows in Taskbar" box. This doesn't
actually open two instances of Powerpoint, but it does put
each open Powerpoint file in a separate icon on the task
bar.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Open all the file you want to work on. then from Window on the Tool Bar, select
Arrange All. Do then, whatever you need to do.

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Hi George,
I find this annoying also. I have a dual-monitor setup like a lot of folks
these days. I often have to create a presentation using slides from two or
three other presentations.

It would be so cool to have one Powerpoint window on my laptop screen, and
the other on the external monitor so I could drag slides from one
presentation to the other.

Even just to be able to compare two presentations, side-by-side, would be
useful.

I can do it with Word, why not with Powerpoint ?

Cheers,
Geoff