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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / June 2006viewing in xtended desktop is messed up?
Previously when we viewed a ppt in extended desktop on a laptop and projector, when we started the program it just showed the presentation on the extended desktop. Apparently something got changed. On the laptop before we could see the presentation, with right and left arrows and pause it (and the slides on the left I think, don't remember now) this way we could easily work with the ppt program without everyone seeing on the projector. Now when we view it, the same thing appears on both the laptop and the projector, and we can't really contol it as good on the laptop? Is there a setting to change this back? I hit the detect ane repair thinking this would be it didn't. Thanks for the help, Bruce Most laptops have 3 mode for handling a single desktop being shown. The actual button that you need to press varies from model to model. On mine it is Function F3, but yours will be different. Usually it is marked with some sort of a monitor like icon on the keyboard. Mode 1 is Laptop only Mode 2 is Projector (external plug) only Mode 3 is Both showing the same thing In your case, I suspect that the extended desktop became inactive and your laptop chose one of these options (#3). Some laptops are smart enough to sense when a projector is plugged in (usually during the power-up sequence) and will activate or deactivate the extended desktop depending on the case, other laptops are not so smart. But all this history is boring you, I'm sure. To fix this: 1) Open the control panel (Start => Settings => Control panel) 2) Open the display dialog 3) Click on the Settings tab 4) Right click on the grayed out display monitor 5) Select Attached 6) Click Apply 7) OK out of everything Try it now,  SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . > Previously when we viewed a ppt in extended desktop on a laptop and > projector, when we started the program it just showed the presentation on [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks for the help, > Bruce hi I will double check it, but the problem is , what happens on the extended desktop, was happening also on the laptop screen. Before what happened when I clicked the icon to start the presentation that it would start on the projector full screen. On the laptop screen, it would be differnt, I would view the slides kind of in a minimized screen with arrow buttons kind of on the lower right hand portion. Now what happens it goes full screen as in the projector. > Most laptops have 3 mode for handling a single desktop being shown. The > actual button that you need to press varies from model to model. On mine [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> Thanks for the help, >> Bruce OK. Now, lets try something. >> 1) Open the control panel (Start => Settings => Control panel) >> 2) Open the display dialog >> 3) Click on the Settings tab Is one of the monitor pictures grayed out? SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . > hi > [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] >>> Thanks for the help, >>> Bruce no it wasn't, I finally found the settings that were changed in ppt. I think it was in slideshow/setupshow/multiplemonitors, and click the show presenter view. Is there a way to lock ppt so these settings can not be changed? thanks > OK. > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >>>> Thanks for the help, >>>> Bruce I was reading help files, Talks about running a presentation on two monitors, and shows what was on our laptop. See below, About running a presentation on two monitors Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 (or later) or Microsoft Windows XP, you can run your presentation from one monitor and let the audience view it on another monitor. This allows you to keep other programs running that the audience won't see, plus you have access to presenter view, which offers a variety of tools for making it easier to present. Presenter view Slide thumbnails Displayed slide Start and End Show button Black screen button Preview of next text to appear Move forward or backward through the slide show by using these buttons Slide number (for example, Slide 7 of 12) Elapsed time since the start of the slide show Speaker's notes In presenter view, icons and buttons are large enough to navigate easily, even when you are using an unfamiliar keyboard or mouse. Presenter view features the following: a.. You can use the thumbnails to select slides out of sequence, creating a customized show for a given audience. b.. Preview text ("Up Next") shows you what your next click will add to the screen, whether it's a new slide or the next bullet item. c.. Speaker's notes are shown in large, clear type so that you can use them as a script for the presentation. d.. You can black out the screen during a presentation, and then resume the presentation where you left off. > Most laptops have 3 mode for handling a single desktop being shown. The > actual button that you need to press varies from model to model. On mine [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >> Thanks for the help, >> Bruce
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