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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / November 2007open multiple PowerPoint files in separate applications
Does anyone know if there is a way to get PowerPoint to behave similar to Word in opening each presentation ina separate application? If you open multiple Word documents you get each in a separate application window. If you open multiple PowerPoint presentation they all open in a single application window. If you have multiple montiors, Word makes it easy to have a separate appliction window on each monitor desktop. With PowerPoint the only way to make this work is to stretch the application window across both monitors. Very clumsy method. Try Window > Cascade in the tool bar. Does that help? > Does anyone know if there is a way to get PowerPoint to behave similar to > Word in opening each presentation ina separate application? If you open [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > make this work is to stretch the application window across both monitors. > Very clumsy method. All that does is spread the two presentation windows within a SINGLE application window. Does not solve the orginal question. > Try Window > Cascade in the tool bar. Does that help? PowerPoint is a single application program. Sorry  Signature<>Please post all follow-up questions/replies to the newsgroup<> <><>Email unless specifically requested will not be opened<><> <><><>Do Provide The Version Of PowerPoint You Are Using<><><> <><><>Do Not Post Attachments In This Newsgroup<><><> Michael Koerner [MS PPT MVP] | Does anyone know if there is a way to get PowerPoint to behave similar to | Word in opening each presentation ina separate application? If you open [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] | make this work is to stretch the application window across both monitors. | Very clumsy method. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU CRAIG!!!!! On XP, use 'runas' to run a second instance of Powerpoint. 1) Open the Start Menu->...>Powerpoint and holding the Shift key, right-click the Powerpoint icon 2) Select 'Run as...' 2) Select a different user account (it could be a local account on your computer) Now you should be able to have 2 separate PP windows on each monitor. Whoever suggested stretching the single instance window across the 2 monitors obviously never tried it. It is a totally non-optimal solution. Whoever designed this "feature" ought to be beat with a wet noodle. Craig > Does anyone know if there is a way to get PowerPoint to behave similar to > Word in opening each presentation ina separate application? If you open [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > make this work is to stretch the application window across both monitors. > Very clumsy method. > Whoever suggested stretching the single instance window across the 2 > monitors obviously never tried it. It is a totally non-optimal solution. Sorry about that, I just realized that it was the original poster that talked about stretching and said it was clumsy. I confused this with a different post I had read earlier today when I was looking for the solution to this - they had proposed stretching. Great tip to get around a missing feature. Funny that they offer it in Excel, Outlook, etc. but not in Powerpoint. > On XP, use 'runas' to run a second instance of Powerpoint. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > make this work is to stretch the application window across both monitors. > > Very clumsy method. |
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