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evintx - 03 Apr 2006 16:26 GMT

how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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Michael Koerner - 03 Apr 2006 16:42 GMT

You can't. PowerPoint is a single instance program You can open multiple
presentations within PowerPoint and have those displayed side by side

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Alyson - 22 Feb 2007 21:51 GMT

Is there some concrete reason why PowerPoint does not have a multiple
instance option?

Please give users the option to have multiple instances, since we have that
option for other similar programs.

It seems a common answer to this COMMON question is to just tell people -
"arrange all". Or "it's a single instance program".

Honestly, it does not make sense that the other programs are not restricted
to single instance (one can choose to make them multiple instnace if that is
their preferred state), but PowerPoint is strangely restrictive.

> You can't. PowerPoint is a single instance program You can open multiple
> presentations within PowerPoint and have those displayed side by side
>
> | how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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Steve Rindsberg - 23 Feb 2007 05:01 GMT

> Is there some concrete reason why PowerPoint does not have a multiple
> instance option?

Here you're talking to other PPT users, not MS employees/developers. We can't
generally tell you why MS made the decisions it has or do more than listen with
a sympathetic ear to feature requests.

If you've arrived via the web interface, there's an option to flag a post as a
suggestion to Microsoft. That'd be worth doing.

> It seems a common answer to this COMMON question is to just tell people -
> "arrange all". Or "it's a single instance program".

Sorry, but it's the best we can do.

> Honestly, it does not make sense that the other programs are not restricted
> to single instance (one can choose to make them multiple instnace if that is
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John Wilson - 03 Apr 2006 16:58 GMT

Hi

You can open two (more) windows anytime just by going back to open without
closing the firat presentation .

I suspect you mean how to view easily, try WINDOW > ARRANGE ALL

If you mean show two slide shows at the same time - you cant unless you use
third party software (powershow)

> how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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evintx - 03 Apr 2006 18:57 GMT

shame on you, microsoft!!!!

> how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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John Wilson - 03 Apr 2006 20:20 GMT

mmmm yes - not totally obvious!

> shame on you, microsoft!!!!
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> > how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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wardjj - 07 Aug 2006 21:19 GMT

It appears to work in MS Office XP but not MS Office 2003, I second the
"Shame on Microsoft" I think this same problem exists in Excel.

> shame on you, microsoft!!!!
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> > how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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Alyson - 22 Feb 2007 21:47 GMT

No. It is fixable in Excel. One can set up Excel to allow multiple
instances. It's just PowerPoint that has been broken. (I am sure PowerPoint
some years ago could have multiple instances. I do not understand why they
turned off this option.)

Alyson

> It appears to work in MS Office XP but not MS Office 2003, I second the
> "Shame on Microsoft" I think this same problem exists in Excel.
>
> > shame on you, microsoft!!!!
> >
> > > how do i set up powerpoint so that i can open two separate windows?

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