Powerpoint Shows not playing in order

[Bura]

One of our users created 8 powerpoint shows (don't ask me why) on his
desktop, win2k, Office 97, and saved copies on a shared drive on a
Novell network. They are numbered 1.pps to 8.pps. When he selects them
on his machine by hitting ctrl and choosing them starting at number 8
and going to number 1 and plays them, they play in order, 1 through 8.
When another user with the same software versions plays them from the
shared drive, or by copying them to his local hard drive, they always
play in random order. Any ideas?

 

[Bura]

Thanks, I tried that and a popup box says that .lst files are no
longer supported and says I should search on "Showing multiple
Presentations" in help, but there are no instructions in help for this
feature.

 

[Sonia]

Play lists will play in the PowerPoint 97 Viewer, not in PowerPoint. The viewer
is available for download (free) at
http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx

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

 

[Bura]

Hi,
Thanks a lot for the advice. The long term goal is to get my user to
get powerpoint training, the short term goal is to allow him to present
the pps files he has already created in order. I'll get him to
download the viewer and use the list.

Thanks for everyone's help!