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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006Moving from Slide Show to Word Doc (and back)
I am giving a presentation about MS Word. I want to show a topic and then quickly switch to a Word document to demonstrate the topic and then to the slide show to present the next topic. I cannot find a good way to go from the slide show view to the document and then back again. Based on searches I did on this site I have tried the following: -Alt + tab - this only got me to the restored view in PPT but wouldn't cycle to the Word file. -Click the keyboard window button - thss brings up the startup menu and task bar. I can then double click the Word file from the task bar (and vice versa) but I don't like the big startup menu coming up. -Change Slide Show, Setup Show to Browse by Individual - this shrinks the presentation and puts the toolbars up along with the task bar Other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Suzan How about adding a hyperlink which links to the word doc itself? then when you want to switch back, just use the alt-tab. You can do so by adding a text or image (eg: Word doc example), then right click on the object, click hyperlink. Choose the document you want and click OK. On a side note, it would be best to put the word doc and the ppt file in the same folder before linking them. This will avoid broken link when you burn it into a cd.  Signature==================== http://www.pptheaven.xs3.com PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate Contains tutorials on creating amazing animations for your PowerPoint Presentations. ==================== > I am giving a presentation about MS Word. I want to show a topic and then > quickly switch to a Word document to demonstrate the topic and then to the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Suzan Thanks for the speedy reply. I will try your suggestions. BTW, I still played around after posting this message and discovered that if I hit the Window button twice from the keyboard, the Start menu goes away but the taskbar doesn't. (The responder to the other message said she didn't know a keyboard shortcut for just pulling up the task bar - guess this is it? *G*.) Thanks again Suzan > How about adding a hyperlink which links to the word doc itself? then when > you want to switch back, just use the alt-tab. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Suzan Go to Start Menu > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu. Try changing the option for "keep the taskbar on top of other windows". Unchecking it will allows powerpoint show to be on top of the taskbar, thus hiding it. Signature==================== http://www.pptheaven.xs3.com PowerPoint Heaven - The Power to Animate Contains tutorials on creating amazing animations for your PowerPoint Presentations. ==================== > Thanks for the speedy reply. I will try your suggestions. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > > > Suzan Actually, I inserted the hyperlinks and it worked great! If I did it the other way, I would need the taskbar to get back to the previous screen. Thanks /s > Go to Start Menu > Settings > Taskbar and Start Menu. > Try changing the option for "keep the taskbar on top of other windows". [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > > > > > Suzan Actually if you hold down the ALT key and press TAB until the Slide Show is shown as the program to switch to, it will work. Basically that means opening the Word document, opening your presentation and going into Slide Show mode. When ready to switch, hold the ALT key down, press TAB (maybe twice) until your Word document shows up, then when done either close Word or press ALT+TAB to go back to your Slide show. Personally I always assign an action Setting to some sort of button or image to switch to another program. SignatureBill Foley www.pttinc.com Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor > Actually, I inserted the hyperlinks and it worked great! If I did it the > other way, I would need the taskbar to get back to the previous screen. Thanks [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Suzan Thanks - I was holding the tab key down too long. These are both good ideas (alt tab and the hyperlink). I will wow them thanks to you follks. Suzan > Actually if you hold down the ALT key and press TAB until the Slide Show is > shown as the program to switch to, it will work. Basically that means [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > Suzan How about using ctrl+T to display the task bar? Epinn > Thanks for the speedy reply. I will try your suggestions. > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > > > Suzan
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