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lsmith - 18 Oct 2006 20:31 GMT

I would like to view a powerpoint in half-screen with no toolbars, I want it
to look like full-screen mode but only taking up half the screen. I am
trying to create a digital memo board. With half the screen showing a
powerpoint presentation and the other scren would show another bulletin.

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Austin Myers - 18 Oct 2006 21:33 GMT

While this is possible, it will require a good deal of coding to both
display the presentation in a window and to keep the presentation running
when it loses "focus". (If you click anywhere outside the running
presentation it loses focus and stops.)

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

>I would like to view a powerpoint in half-screen with no toolbars, I want
>it
> to look like full-screen mode but only taking up half the screen. I am
> trying to create a digital memo board. With half the screen showing a
> powerpoint presentation and the other scren would show another bulletin.

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Chirag - 19 Oct 2006 00:42 GMT

This could be achieved by using PowerShow's TickerShow feature described at
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow_ticker_show.html. It allows
you to define a "map" that describes the location and dimensions of slide
shows on the screen. You can leave an area empty for displaying something
else. PowerShow will keep the slide shows active even when you work on that
something else when the slide shows are running.

- Chirag

OfficeOne Animations - Add over 50 animation effects to PowerPoint
http://officeone.mvps.org/anims/anims.html

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